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  "path": "/t/best-alternative-search-engine-option-that-actually-works/38106#post_9",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T11:54:41.000Z",
  "site": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net",
  "tags": [
    "@seize",
    "PriEco: New open source web search engine",
    "Project Showcase",
    "https://prieco.net/",
    "PriEco: New open source web search engine - #41 by JojoYou",
    "https://search.jojoyou.org",
    "https://codeberg.org/JojoYou/PriEco/",
    "--…",
    "Hister: A free & self-hosted personal search engine",
    "Hister",
    "privacy"
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  "textContent": "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).\n\nPriEco: New open source web search engine Project Showcase\n\n> 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: --…\n\nHister: A free & self-hosted personal search engine Project Showcase\n\n> 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…",
  "title": "Best alternative search engine option that actually works?"
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