Best alternative search engine option that actually works?

I assume you’ve already read PGs recommendations (as @seize linked earlier), so here’s two recent threads about alternative privacy-oriented search engines include PriEco and Hister (though I personally have experience with neither). PriEco: New open source web search engine Project Showcase > Introducing PriEco: New private and eco-friendly web search engine! Edit: New dedicated URL is: https://prieco.net/ Edit 2: Updated information start from PriEco: New open source web search engine - #41 by JojoYou PriEco (https://search.jojoyou.org) is a result of my work to create a fully private search engine that also promotes ecological values. Privacy Highlights: PriEco never tracks or profiles you. It’s open source: https://codeberg.org/JojoYou/PriEco/ with AGPL v3 or later license: --… Hister: A free & self-hosted personal search engine Project Showcase > I’m working on a self-hosted search service called Hister with the goal to reduce dependence on online search engines. It can provide significantly more privacy than metasearch engines like Searx. Hister is a full text indexer for websites and local files which automatically saves all the visited pages rendered by your browser. It has a flexible web (and terminal) search interface, offline result previews & query language to explore saved content with ease or quickly fall back to traditional se…