4get is a metasearch engine, similar to Searx and SearXNG
You can find the source code here: https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get
And use it here: 4get.ca
4get is a metasearch engine, similar to Searx and SearXNG
You can find the source code here: https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get
And use it here: 4get.ca
12 Comments
whou@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 2y
"Alternatives like Searx or YaCy all fucking sucks so I made my own thing." (about 4get)
damn. based.
On@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y
what's with that? without mentioning why they suck, that's just the ol' "trust me, bro"
d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz · 8 pts · 2y
Too bad it still sucks.
As a test, I searched Google for
"headphone jack" site:lemmy.mland got 18 results, whereas I got only two results with 4get (DuckDuckGo), and zero results on all the other engines (Brave etc).For a meta search engine, it's surprising that it doesn't support searching Google for web results.
asmodeus@programming.dev · 12 pts · 2y
The developer is still working on the Google scraper
DARbarian@artemis.camp · 8 pts · 2y
What exactly makes it better than SearxNG?
hitagi@ani.social · 3 pts · 2y
Been using this for a while now just for the Gruvbox theme lol. IIRC, it defaults to DDG results.
asmodeus@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
You can change the search preferences here
gunpachi@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 2y
I saw this on another post about Searx. I was curious so I checked out the search and its pretty good. I did not see a lot of settings to configure tho
asmodeus@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
Which settings do you think need to be added that are missing?
gunpachi@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 2y
'Open in new tab' and 'infinite scroll' options.
Oh and also.. Search suggestions as you type, that would be awesome.
I quite like this search engine as it is right now. The features I mentioned are all 'nice to haves' so it's not a big deal even if these are not added.
cyclohexane@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
When people self host searx and 4get, is it meant to be local use too, or is it only for public use? (or both?)
Like would it be stupid if I host searx but only for local use? How does it even work?
asmodeus@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
Both.
Ideally, if you're hosting a private one, it's better to share it with your friends since it helps to obfuscate the traffic.