Search with SearXNG natively on Android.
searxist (pronounce: searchist) is a simple Android app to wrap SearXNG in a WebView with Material You colors, plus some system integrations.
- 🌙 Material You theming
- 🔍 System search integration (search bar widget, popup text action)
- 🌐 Choose from public SearXNG instances or add your own
- 🛡️ Privacy-focused (no unnecessary data collection!)
- 📱 Supports Android 5+
Some servers work, on top of that you can configure them not to use any other search engine than Google, if I want something purely Google and private I would go for Starpage.
Lately I use Brave Search, it seems to me a little better because it is even independent, if possible I would configure a SearXNG server that uses Brave’s engine
Some servers may work, but I specifically want to use my own instance. At the moment, I can’t get Google results working on it, and on top of that, Searxist doesn’t allow me to edit instance preferences anyway.
I still use SearXNG with Startpage and Brave, and most of the time that’s enough for my needs. But when I specifically want Google results, I switch to 4get.
I’ll keep an eye on Searxist’s development though. It’s a nice app already, and I’m genuinely curious to see how it evolves