Added by Jesse M over 4 years ago. Updated over 4 years ago.
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They just list public instances of searx now and so probably should be removed as a search engine choice. If I may suggest, https://searx.neocities.org would be a good choice since it's a meta engine that redirects to a random searx instance.
Duplicate of https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/549.
The fix has already been committed to git and will be included in the next release.
My apologies for not looking far enough back in the tracker
Sometimes it can be hard to find things, especially if they are already closed.
I just checked, and searx.dev is now down because he had too much traffic. This is a common problem with Searx instances. I think I will reopen this and change it to the neocities URL you recommended.
Mojeek would be another good choice, since it's one of the few I've seen that uses almost no JS by default (just jQuery which is open source) and I can't seem to get Qwant Lite to return any results (this is mentioned at [[https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/569]]) and DuckDuckGo appears to have a tracking pixel on its non-JS page (it's blocked by EasyPrivacy). I dunno what DDG is thinking considering how much they prattle on incessantly about privacy....
I added a separate feature request for Mojeek. https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/576
Thanks for pointing them out to me.
It turns out that searx.neocities.org doesn't work with JavaScript disabled. And it seems like any instance I pick only works well for a few days before it gets overloaded.
I think what I will do is remove Searx from the default search engine list. Those who want to use it can use the custom search URL option. That way, they can select a Searx instance that works for them.
I understand. They are only as good as the server hosting them I guess. I've thought about just hosting an instance locally, but I'm not fond of the idea of leaving a port open on my home desktop to the wide world so I could use it anywhere. Also I think I'd have to change the IP and port every time my VPN reconnects or use my home IP. A lot of trouble for a search engine. Maybe if I figure out a secure way to do it. SSH tunnel or something maybe.