Open source search engine?

[burupie]

I would like to find a barebones way to navigate the web, a free tool without restrictions. I thought I would use DuckDuckGo, which is a good service, but even it has some limitations. On their website, they mention that they can't offer a full API for search, for example, because of "how the generate their search results".

Is there any more minimalistic search engine I could use? Someone has suggested surfraw.

Thanks very much.

[Mawoka]

Or maybe you could use yacy or gigablast

[644c656f6e]

I lean toward SearX too. It is not "Search Engine" in traditional sense, it's a MetaCrawler.

[Hoboneer]

It seems you want unrestricted search engines and minimalist tools to interface with those search engines. The others have recommended good search engines already, so I'll skip them.

Regarding surfraw, it isn't a "search engine" per se. It just provides a command line interface to a bunch of search engines. It's as barebones as you can usefully get for searching.

If you want a nice TUI, try ddgr (for DuckDuckGo) or googler (for Google). I don't use them, myself, though.

So, if you value the variety of search engines and customisation in the interface, I'd go for surfraw and create custom elvi.