Search syntax

SearXNG comes with a search syntax by with you can modify the categories, engines, languages and more. See the preferences for the list of engines, categories and languages.

! select engine and category

To set category and/or engine names use a ! prefix. To give a few examples:

• search in Wikipedia for paris

  • !wp paris
  • !wikipedia paris

• search in category map for paris

  • !map paris

• image search

  • !images Wau Holland

Abbreviations of the engines and languages are also accepted. Engine/category modifiers are chain able and inclusive. E.g. with !map !ddg !wp paris search in map category and DuckDuckGo and Wikipedia for paris.

: select language

To select language filter use a : prefix. To give an example:

• search Wikipedia by a custom language

  • :fr !wp Wau Holland

!! external bangs

SearXNG supports the external bangs from DuckDuckGo. To directly jump to a external search page use the !! prefix. To give an example:

• search Wikipedia by a custom language

  • !!wfr Wau Holland

Please note, your search will be performed directly in the external search engine, SearXNG cannot protect your privacy on this.

Special Queries

In the preferences page you find keywords for special queries. To give a few examples:

• generate a random UUID

  • random uuid

• find the average

  • avg 123 548 2.04 24.2

• show user agent of your browser (needs to be activated)

  • user-agent

• convert strings to different hash digests (needs to be activated)

  • md5 lorem ipsum
  • sha512 lorem ipsum