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Why is every Searx instance down when I try to use it? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by HaleyHalcyon@kbin.social to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I want to use SearxNG as my daily driver, and I added three instances to my browser’s search engines list. However, I find that all three are down whenever I try to use it, and I inevitably have to look at the list of instances and click the top one just to perform one search. Is there a way to “auto-route” my search through the most reliable instance or something?

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[–] DrWeevilJammer@lm.rdbt.no 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My solution to this was to run my own private instance. It's very easy with docker-compose.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Doesn't this defeat the privacy of searx because it's coming from a single IP and a single user?

[–] eric@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does that help with the engine connection errors?

[–] Awwab@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still have some issues with Bing from time to time but as far as I can tell that's because they are changing stuff and the SearXNG devs just need to push a fix.

[–] eric@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I believe Bing is making changes to accomodate Chat GPT

[–] Awwab@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

+1 to self hosting or using a vps.

[–] HaleyHalcyon@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can that be done on a mobile device?

[–] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

You could in theory but hosting it on dedicated hardware will be a much better experience.