Whoogle Search
A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine
Ben Busby
Get Google search results, but without any ads, javascript, AMP links, cookies, or IP address tracking. Easily deployable in one click as a Docker app, and customizable with a single config file. Quick and simple to implement as a primary search engine replacement on both desktop and mobile. - No ads or sponsored content - No JavaScript* - No cookies** - No tracking/linking of your personal IP address*** - No AMP links - No URL tracking tags (i.e. utm=%s) - No referrer header - Tor and HTTP/SOCKS proxy support - Autocomplete/search suggestions - POST request search and suggestion queries (when possible) - View images at full res without site redirect (currently mobile only) - Light/Dark/System theme modes (with support for custom CSS theming) - Randomly generated User Agent - Easy to install/deploy - DDG-style bang (i.e. !<tag> <query>) searches - Optional location-based searching (i.e. results near <city>) - Optional NoJS mode to view search results in a separate window with JavaScript blocked *No third party JavaScript. Whoogle can be used with JavaScript disabled, but if enabled, uses JavaScript for things like presenting search suggestions. **No third party cookies. Whoogle uses server side cookies (sessions) to store non-sensitive configuration settings such as theme, language, etc. Just like with JavaScript, cookies can be disabled and not affect Whoogle's search functionality. ***If deployed to a remote server, or configured to send requests through a VPN, Tor, proxy, etc.
⚠️ Google's recent changes have made it difficult to provide JavaScript-free search results, which may affect Whoogle's functionality. This release introduces Mullvad Leta as the default search backend: - Privacy-focused search powered by Google results without tracking - Can be disabled in settings to fall back to traditional Google search - Seamless result formatting and optimized layout - Only regular web search is supported (no image, video, news, or map searches) Other improvements include: - Updated UI Config to respect User Agent in ENV file if it exists - Added Turkish language translation update Full release notes are found at https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/compare/v0.9.3...v1.1.0
- Version1.1.0
- CategoryNetworking
- Source codePublic
- Developed byBen Busby
- Submitted byJasper
- Compatible withumbrelOS 0.5 or later