Public search engines log queries, fingerprint browsers and increasingly require captchas. Self-hosting a metasearch engine (SearXNG, Whoogle) on an offshore VPS and exposing it as a Tor hidden service gives you a privacy search frontend that nobody else can subpoena. AnubizHost provides the infrastructure - no KYC, crypto billing, Tor-friendly network policy.
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SearXNG aggregates results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and dozens of other sources without exposing your IP to them. When you host it yourself and expose only the .onion address, the operator (you) is the only one with access to query logs - and by default SearXNG logs nothing.
Whoogle is a leaner Google-only proxy. YaCy is fully decentralised. Pick based on your needs.
On a fresh offshore VPS install Docker, pull the searxng/searxng image, configure settings.yml with bind_address 127.0.0.1, then install Tor and add a HiddenServiceDir for the service. Restart Tor and grab the hostname file - that is your .onion address.
Disable image proxy if you want maximum speed, or enable it through Tor for maximum metadata stripping.
Run SearXNG behind nginx with rate limiting. Disable suggest endpoints if you do not want third parties to learn what your users type. Rotate logs to /dev/null. Use a dedicated non-root user.
Pair with an anonymous VPS and pay in Monero for maximum signup privacy.
We do not log network connections, we accept Monero, and we do not block Tor egress. Many providers throttle or block .onion traffic - we treat it as first-class.
Skip the research. Tell us what you need, and we'll scope it, implement it, and hand it back — fully documented and production-ready.