metasearch

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                               metasearch
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                  https://github.com/mat-1/metasearch2

INFO

metasearch (aka metasearch2) is a cute metasearch engine. It sources its results from Google, Bing, Brave, and several others. It's designed to be as lightweight as possible, both on the server and client. There is no required client-side JavaScript.

There's a public demo instance at https://s.matdoes.dev, but please do not use it as your default or rely on it. This is so I don't get ratelimited by Google or other engines. Run your own instance instead!

INSTALLATION

The easiest way to install metasearch is with cargo install metasearch. To get the unstable version with the latest features, you can install it with cargo install --git https://github.com/mat-1/metasearch2.

Usage: metasearch [config_file]

The config_file argument is optional; if it's not specified then it'll be checked at the following locations:

• $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/metasearch/config.toml
• $HOME/.config/metasearch/config.toml
• ./config.toml

If no config file exists, it'll be created at the first valid path in the list.

By default, metasearch runs on port 28019. You are encouraged to use a reverse proxy.

CONFIGURATION

You can see all the default config options at src/config.rs. Some interesting options you may want to change are:

• bind - the host and port that the web server runs on, defaults to 0.0.0.0:28019.
• api - whether your instance is accessible through a JSON API. See below for more details.
• ui.stylesheet_url - a link to a stylesheet that will be loaded alongside the main one, for example /themes/catppuccin-mocha.css.
• image_search.enabled - add a tab for viewing image results for your query. this is disabled by default as the image proxy could be used to make GET requests to arbitrary URLs from your server.
• engines.google.weight - the ranking score multiplier for an engine, you can modify this if you prefer the results from certain engines.

JSON API

metasearch has a JSON API that can be enabled by setting api = true in your config. To use it, set the Accept: application/json header in your requests.

For example: curl 'http://localhost:28019/search?q=sandcats' -H 'Accept: application/json'

The structure of the API is not guaranteed to be stable, as it relies on serializing internal structs. It may change without warning in the future.