According to AlphaMoat, as of 2026-09, Local web search using SearXNG has 4,493 downloads and 1 stars — ranked #2,146 of 5,078 AI skills overall, and #204 of 442 in Knowledge.

Installs

320

Downloads

4.5K

Stars

Overall Rank

#2,146

Top 43% overall · Top 47% in Knowledge

Platform	Installs	Downloads	Stars	Comments
ClawHub ↗	137	4.0K	1	-
SkillHub ↗	320	4.5K	1	—

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What this skill does

The skill searches the web via the user's self-hosted SearXNG metasearch engine, aggregating Google, Brave, DuckDuckGo, and more without API keys. It runs through a python3 script, supports result-count and language flags, and returns JSON with source engines and relevance scores.

Profile published 2026-10-27

What you can do with it

Retrieve current web results via a trusted instance
Replace commercial search APIs in a privacy-friendly way
Get results filtered by language or region

When to use it

Need current web information
Want self-hosted, key-free search
Have privacy or data-egress requirements

Example prompts

Generated from the skill’s documentation as examples; not results of actual runs.

Search for the latest relevant material

Look up this keyword with SearXNG

Search and limit to German results

Monthly Trend

Downloads4.5K

Stars1

The counting method changed in 2026-09: skills with the same name are now counted separately by author, and the full catalog is covered. Dashed lines show months before the change; they are not compared with later months, and no growth is computed across the change.

Month	Downloads	MoM	Stars
2026-09	4.5K	—	1
2026-08	4.1K	+3.4%	1
2026-07	3.9K	+8.2%	1
2026-06	3.6K	+0.4%	1
2026-05	3.6K	—	1
2026-03	3.4K	—	1

SKILL.md (original)

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---
name: searxng
description: Search the web using a self-hosted SearXNG metasearch engine. Aggregates Google, Brave, DuckDuckGo, and more without API keys.
homepage: https://docs.searxng.org
metadata: {"moltbot":{"emoji":"🔍","requires":{"bins":["python3"],"env":["SEARXNG_URL"]}}}
---

# SearXNG Web Search

Privacy-respecting metasearch via your self-hosted SearXNG instance.

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## When to use (trigger phrases)

Use this skill when the user asks:
- "search the web for..."
- "look up..." / "find information about..."
- "what is..." (when current info needed)
- "research..." / "search for..."
- "google..." (redirect to privacy-respecting search)

## Quick start

```bash
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/searxng/scripts/searxng_search.py "your query"
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/searxng/scripts/searxng_search.py "query" --count 10
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/searxng/scripts/searxng_search.py "query" --lang de
```

## Setup

Set `SEARXNG_URL` environment variable:
```bash
export SEARXNG_URL="http://your-searxng-host:8888"
```

## Flags

| Flag | Default | Description |
|------|---------|-------------|
| `-n`, `--count` | 5 | Results to return (1-20) |
| `-l`, `--lang` | auto | Language code (en, de, fr, es, etc.) |

## Output

Returns JSON:
```json
{
  "query": "search terms",
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
    {"title": "...", "url": "...", "description": "...", "engines": ["google", "brave"], "score": 1.5}
  ]
}
```

## Notes

- No API keys needed—SearXNG aggregates upstream engines
- Results include source engines for transparency
- Scores indicate relevance (higher = better)
- For news, add "news" to query or use `--lang` for regional results