Websurfx
Aggregate results from other search engines (metasearch engine) without ads while keeping privacy and security in mind. It is extremely fast and provides a high level of customization (alternative to SearX).
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 32 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.31.1 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Search Engines: Algolia alternatives, Google Search alternatives.
At a glance
Websurfx quick facts
- Health score
- 92/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,223
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.31.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Websurfx scores 92/100, #8 of 16 in Search Engines: 32 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.31.1, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,223 stars add 12.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 7.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
32 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.31.1 released 3 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.4 / 20
1.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 32
- Last 90 days
- 98
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #8 of 16 tools in Search Engines by health , between Meme Search (#7) and ElasticSearch (#9) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Rust, Docker |
| Latest release | v1.31.1 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 1,223 |
| Open issues | 28 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | neon-mmd/websurfx ↗ |
Websurfx vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Websurfx (Search Engines), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeiliSearch | 99 | 60k | MIT | yesterday |
| OpenSearch | 97 | 14k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Typesense | 97 | 27k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Manticore Search | 96 | 12k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Websurfx (this tool) | 92 | 1.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| SearXNG | 73 | 39k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
Websurfx: common questions
Is Websurfx still maintained?
Websurfx had 32 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.31.1, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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