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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My issue with SearXNG is that I cannot natively use it on mobile (iOS). Might be a small issue for most but I need to be able to type into my browser's search bar and it utilize that search engine. Open browser > navigate to search homepage > enter query is a lot slower, especially if I am out and about and need information quickly.

If there is some way to configure this I'd love to hear about it, but Safari on iOS limits you to a handful of search engines. I use DDG today.

[–] Smokeydope 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I did a quick search and found instructions to what I think you are asking for hopefully this helps. The query string for paulgo.io is "https://paulgo.io/search?q="

I have also heard Xsearch works

[–] neonspool 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

searchengine.party also has the query string links for a multitude of different search engines, as well as a comparison of security tests and privacy policies and other functions

[–] AProfessional 3 points 1 year ago

xSearch on the AppStore lets you use any search engine with Safari.

[–] Smokeydope 1 points 1 year ago

Hey just to update I heard XSearch works if that other thing didn't work out