Administration

Update backend connection details and default search behavior.

SearXNG URL Default category Default language Default safesearch

Admin auth is not configured.

SearXNG Config

Edit the mounted `settings.yml` used by the SearXNG container.

Instance name Autocomplete Default language Safe search Theme Secret key

Enabled plugins Engines

Raw YAML editor

use_default_settings: true

general:
  instance_name: "Personal Search Engine"
  enable_metrics: false

search:
  safe_search: 0
  autocomplete: "duckduckgo"
  default_lang: "en-US"
  formats:
    - html
    - json

server:
  secret_key: "change-this-in-production"
  limiter: false
  image_proxy: true

ui:
  static_use_hash: true
  center_alignment: false
  infinite_scroll: false
  default_theme: simple

enabled_plugins:
  - "Hash plugin"
  - "Self Information"
  - "Tracker URL remover"

engines:
  - name: duckduckgo
    engine: duckduckgo
    shortcut: ddg

  - name: bing
    engine: bing
    shortcut: bi

  - name: google
    engine: google
    shortcut: go

  - name: startpage
    engine: startpage
    shortcut: sp

  - name: brave
    engine: brave
    shortcut: br

  - name: qwant
    engine: qwant
    shortcut: qw

  - name: wikidata
    engine: wikidata
    shortcut: wd

  - name: wikipedia
    engine: wikipedia
    shortcut: wp

Saving the file updates `searxng/settings.yml`. Restart the SearXNG container to apply runtime changes.