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+
First couple uses and I can easily see this replacing my Firefox search widget on my home screen.
However, when I click the search widget on my home screen, The app launches, but doesn’t put focus on the search bar so I have to manually click it again.
I would recommend having the app launch and the focus immediately going to the search bar within the app when a person clicks on the search widget on their home screen. That way they don’t have to click it again and activate the keyboard to search.