I’m looking into self-hosting a SearXNG instance for my own use. One thing I don’t get is how the results are aggregated if I’m using a local instance. Is it just going to all the configured search engines and making requests? If that’s the case, what’s the benefit of using SearXNG instead of just going to that search engine myself from a privacy perspective?
One benefit I haven’t seen mentioned yet is the ability to filter out certain sites from the results. I use it to remove sites that basically copy github/stackoverflow/etc so they never pollute the results.