I tried using SearXNG for a few weeks but I kept needing to chance instances. I'm using DuckDuckGo for now.
You can self host for a better experience
I'm using https://metager.de/ it's German and sometimes the results lean towards that but in 99% of cases it doesn't matter.
There's an English version out there, but some essential features are paid, such as enabling moderate safesearch or adding Mojeek as an engine.
I use MetaGer as my daily driver and you.com for deeper niche searches
I'm using Startpage, and I also have a self-hosted Adguard DNS on my network so that helps a bit too.
As main search, among others, I use Andisearch, it's an AI search assistant, with own lenguage model and one of the most private search engine. own reader mode for websites in the search results, so you don't need to visit it, you also can watch YouTube and others sandboxed right in the search results, anonymous use, no ads, no tracking, no logs.
Easy add it to your search engine list in your browser
https://andisearch.com/?query=%s
tbh im not sure but if you want google results with safesearch try resulti
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