SearXNG Search

Local web search using SearXNG metasearch engine. No external API keys required.

Container Environment

Inside Docker containers, SearXNG is available at http://searxng:8080 via the eddo-chat network. The SEARXNG_URL environment variable is automatically set.

Search

{baseDir}/search.js "query"                    # Basic search (5 results)
{baseDir}/search.js "query" -n 10              # More results
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --content          # Include page content as markdown
{baseDir}/search.js "query" -n 3 --content     # Combined

Extract Page Content

{baseDir}/content.js https://example.com/article

Fetches a URL and extracts readable content as markdown.

Output Format

--- Result 1 ---
Title: Page Title
Link: https://example.com/page
Snippet: Description from search results
Content: (if --content flag used)
  Markdown content extracted from the page...

--- Result 2 ---
...

Advantages

• ✅ No API keys required
• ✅ No rate limits
• ✅ Privacy-preserving (local instance)
• ✅ Aggregates results from multiple search engines
• ✅ Fast and reliable
• ✅ Works in containerized agents

When to Use

• Searching for documentation or API references
• Looking up facts or current information
• Fetching content from specific URLs
• Any task requiring web search without external dependencies