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Why is every Searx instance down when I try to use it? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to use SearxNG as my daily driver, and I added three instances to my browser’s search engines list. However, I find that all three are down whenever I try to use it, and I inevitably have to look at the list of instances and click the top one just to perform one search. Is there a way to “auto-route” my search through the most reliable instance or something?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I self-host my own SearXNG instance and haven’t had any errors like that in the ~6 months it’s been running. It’s just anecdotal evidence, but I would imagine any such low-traffic instance would be able to avoid the blocking and other issues that high-traffic instances run into.

[–] eric 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've never thought of it like that. Another service for the homelab to run.