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No, searx is no longer maintained.

TL;DR: SearXNG is for users that want more features and bugs getting fixed quicker.If you prefer a minimalist software and stable experience, use searx.

SearxNG is a fork of searx, created by a former maintainer of searx. The forkwas created because the majority of the maintainers at the time did not findthe new proposed features privacy respecting enough. The most significant issue is withengine metrics.

Searx is built for privacy conscious users. It comes with a unique set ofchallenges. One of the problems we face is that users rather not report bugs,because they do not want to publicly share what engines they use or what searchquery triggered a problem. It is a challenge we accepted.

The new metrics feature collects more information to make engine maintenance easier.We could have had better and more error reports to benefit searx maintainers.However, we believe that the users of searx must come first, not thesoftware. We are willing to compromise on the lack of issue reports to avoidviolating the privacy of users.

Furthermore, SearxNG is under heavy refactoring and dependencies are constantly updated, evenif it is unnecessary. It increases the risk of introducing regressions. In searxwe strive for stability, rather than moving fast and breaking things.

Are you privacy conscious user? Then yes.

In searx we decided to double down on being privacy respecting. We are pickingengine changes from SearxNG, but we are not implementing engine detailedmonitoring and not adding a new UI that relies on Javascript.

If you are willing to give up some privacy respecting features, we encourage you toadopt SearxNG. Searx is targeted for privacy conscious users who run theirinstances locally, instead of using public instances.

SearxNG has rolling releases, dependencies updated more frequently, and engines are fixedfaster. It is easy to set up your own public instance, and monitor itsperformance and metrics. It is simple to maintain as an instance administrator.

As a user, it provides a prettier user interface and nicer experience.