Hi there, looking for an alternative to news.google.com that just simply isn’t a Google product. I know it’s not open source per say, but just curious.

  • BXM1X9UyZ588Yb7Ebgv@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    And if you don’t want your searches to be tracked by Google, Whoogle is an alternative front-end to access Google Search.

    https : / / github (dot) com / kroy94 / whoogle-search

    Description: Get Google search results, but without any ads, javascript, AMP links, cookies, or IP address tracking. Easily deployable in one click as a Docker app, and customizable with a single config file. Quick and simple to implement as a primary search engine replacement on both desktop and mobile.

    You may notice some features are lacking in Whoogle that you would find in Google Search, but for some people it’s probably good enough. Whoogle Search includes Google News(as a tab) on the bottom of the search bar after you type in a query and press enter.

    Searx is a privacy respecting metasearch engine. You can also search for news there.

    Github: https : / / github (dot) com / searx / searx

    Searx Instances: https : / / searx (dot) space

    Searx Instances(onion link): http : / / searxspbitokayvkhzhsnljde7rqmn7rvoga6e4waeub3h7ug3nghoad(dot)onion/

    Disclaimer: It is probably not a good idea to self-host Whoogle/Searx, since it is obvious the traffic to Google/some other non-privacy respecting search engine operator is from one person. But depending on your threat model maybe it can work.