🔍 Private Search Engine – 70 Engines in One

Welcome to your self-hosted, privacy-focused meta search engine — powered by SearXNG and Docker. This engine pulls search results from 70+ search engines simultaneously, giving you a fast, ad-free, and surveillance-free browsing experience.

💡 Bonus: Integrate with LLaMA 2 and Ollama for private AI-powered interactions.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 Privacy First – No tracking, no ads, and no user profiling.
• 🛠️ Fully Customizable – Choose your preferred engines, UI, and filters.
• 🌍 Meta Search – Fetches results from multiple search engines in parallel.
• 🤖 AI Integration Ready – Connect with private LLaMA 2 via Ollama.
• 💻 Self-Hosted – Complete control over your infrastructure.
• 🔌 Extensible – Easily integrate with private cloud or file storage solutions.

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🧠 Architecture Overview

📂 Project Structure

/usr/local/searxng-docker/
├── searxng/
│   ├── docker-compose.yml
│   ├── .env
│   └── ... (other configs & scripts)

⚙️ Installation

1. 📥 Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/private-search-engine.git
cd private-search-engine/searxng

2. 🔧 Configure (Optional) Edit settings.yml inside the searxng folder to customize:

Enabled search engines

Result categories

UI themes

Safe search filters

3. 🐳 Start the Search Engine

sudo docker-compose up -d

This will start the engine and make it available at:

http://192.168.1.4:8888

⛔ Stopping the Server To shut down the search engine:

sudo docker-compose down

🧠 AI Integration Prompt (for LLaMA 2 via Ollama) If you're using this search engine in conjunction with a private LLaMA 2 chatbot, you can integrate results using the following context prompt:

🧠 Prompt Template "You are a private AI assistant connected to a self-hosted meta search engine. Search results are pulled from 70 sources without censorship or tracking. Use this information to answer the user's question with accuracy and independence, citing results where needed."

Example usage in Ollama:

ollama run llama2

Prompt inside the chat:

You have access to a private search engine hosted at http://192.168.1.4:8888. Search for "latest zero-day vulnerabilities in 2025" and summarize the top results.

🔐 Use Cases Security research (ad-free, uncensored)

Academic learning (no distractions)

Private personal assistant (LLaMA 2 + Ollama + SearXNG)

Offline or LAN-only usage

Integration with home cloud storage

📎 Related Projects SearXNG GitHub

Ollama

LLaMA 2

Docker

🧑‍💻 Maintainer AnandRam Mohan (aka Aren Redd) Blog • GitHub

🪪 License This project is licensed under the MIT License.