4get/README.md

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4get search

4get is a proxy search engine that doesn't suck.

About 4get

https://4get.ca/about

Official instance

https://4get.ca , or visit the official instance list: https://4get.ca/instances

Totally unbiased comparison between alternatives

	4get	searx(ng)	libreY	araa	hearch
RAM usage	200-400mb~	2GB~	200-400mb~	2GB~	idk
Does it suck	no (debunked by snopes)	yes	yes	a little	better than searx
Does it work	ye	sometimes	sometimes	sometimes	yes

Features

1. Rotating proxies on a per-scraper basis
2. Search filters, which SearxNG lacks for the most part
3. Bot protection that actually filters out the bots (when configured)
4. Interface doesn't require javascript
5. Favicon fetcher with caching support & image proxy
6. Bunch of other shit

tl;dr the best way to actually browse for shit.

Supported websites

Web	Images	Videos	News	Music	Autocompleter
DuckDuckGo	DuckDuckGo	YouTube	DuckDuckGo	Soundcloud	Brave
Brave	Brave	DuckDuckGo	Brave		DuckDuckGo
Yandex	Yandex	Brave	Google		Yandex
Google	Google	Yandex	Startpage		Google
Startpage	Startpage	Google	Qwant		Startpage
Qwant	Qwant	Startpage	Mojeek		Kagi
Ghostery	Yep	Qwant			Qwant
Yep	Solofield	Solofield			Ghostery
Greppr	Imgur				Yep
Crowdview	FindThatMeme				Marginalia
Mwmbl					YouTube
Mojeek					Soundcloud
Solofield
Marginalia
wiby
Curlie

Installation

Refer to the documentation index. I recommend following the apache2 guide.

Contact

Shit breaks all the time but I repair it all the time too... Email me here: will (at) lolcat.ca or create an issue.

License

AGPL