No. Cited AI answers stay on /replace/perplexity (Perplexica). This page is a metasearch box.

benbusby/whoogle-search is archived. SearXNG is the maintained AGPL path.

Is this XERJ or Meilisearch?

Those are local or site search — /best/search-engines and /replace/algolia. This page is Google.com-shaped metasearch.

SearXNG is AGPL-3.0. You pay hosting. Upstream engines still see requests from your instance. Template users never pay c17.

Stacks / SEO

Easy

SearXNG

Metasearch you host. SearXNG is AGPL-3.0 — Google Search without the hosted profile seat.

The problem

Google Search is a hosted index and an ad graph. You wanted aggregated results on a box you run, without a search profile. SearXNG is AGPL-3.0 (searxng/searxng; last push 24 Oct 2026). Whoogle (benbusby/whoogle-search) was archived — not the published path. Perplexica is cited AI answers already on /replace/perplexity — not a metasearch box. XERJ and Qdrant are local/vector indexes — /best/search-engines — not Google.com. This is not Google's every Shopping, News, or ads SKU. You still query upstream engines; you stop handing Google the session.

Replaces

Google Search

Replace Google Search

Estimated SaaS saved

$1,200

per year, small team, before lock-in

Start on Railway

Perplexica if this is cited AI answers, not metasearch

Sponsor this stack Tip jar

Placeholder: SearXNG (official image) plus a volume if you persist settings. Bind HTTP to 0.0.0.0:$PORT. No one-click template in this repo yet — Start on Railway. Cited AI answers stay on /stacks/perplexica-search.

The stack

SearXNG
AGPL-3.0 privacy metasearch — the published Google Search path
Catalog entry →

Cost table

You stop paying	Typical / year	Self-host instead
Google Search / hosted search (household)	$1,200	SearXNG

Agent setup prompt

Replace Google Search with SearXNG (https://docs.searxng.org).

- Official image. Create one search. Do not claim Google's index, Shopping, or ads. Whoogle is archived — do not publish it as the path.
- Perplexica if the job is cited AI answers — /stacks/perplexica-search. A local folder index stays on /best/search-engines.
- Write AGENT_PROMPT.md.

Also as markdown: /stacks/searxng-search.md

FAQ

Is this Perplexity?: No. Cited AI answers stay on /replace/perplexity (Perplexica). This page is a metasearch box.
Why not Whoogle?: benbusby/whoogle-search is archived. SearXNG is the maintained AGPL path.
Is this XERJ or Meilisearch?: Those are local or site search — /best/search-engines and /replace/algolia. This page is Google.com-shaped metasearch.
Are these free?: SearXNG is AGPL-3.0. You pay hosting. Upstream engines still see requests from your instance. Template users never pay c17.