About Route443
Route443 is a metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users.
The Route443 project is driven by an open community, come join us on Matrix if you have questions or just want to chat about Route443 at #Route443:matrix.org
Make Route443 better.
- You can improve Route443 translations at Weblate, or…
- Track development, send contributions, and report issues at Route443 sources.
- To get further information, visit Route443’s project documentation at Route443 docs.
Why use it?
- Route443 may not offer you as personalized results as Google, but it doesn’t generate a profile about you.
- Route443 doesn’t care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third-party, and it can’t be used to compromise you.
- Route443 is free software, the code is 100% open, and everyone is welcome to make it better.
If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe in digital freedom, make Route443 your default search engine or run it on your own server!
How do I set it as the default search engine?
Route443 supports OpenSearch. For more information on changing your default search engine, see your browser’s documentation:
- Firefox
- Microsoft Edge - Behind the link, you will also find some useful instructions for Chrome and Safari.
- Chromium-based browsers only add websites that the user navigates to without a path.
When adding a search engine, there must be no duplicates with the same name. If you encounter a problem where you cannot add the search engine, you can either:
- remove the duplicate (default name: Route443) or
- contact the owner to give the instance a different name than the default.
How does it work?
Route443 is a fork from the well-known searx metasearch engine which was inspired by the Seeks project. It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. Route443 can be added to your browser’s search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default search engine.
The stats page contains some useful anonymous usage statistics about the engines used.
How can I make it my own?
Route443 appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the code from the Route443 sources and run it yourself!
Add your instance to this list of public instances to help other people reclaim their privacy and make the internet freer. The more decentralized the internet is, the more freedom we have!