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Why is every Searx instance down when I try to use it?

I want to use SearxNG as my daily driver, and I added three instances to my browser’s search engines list. However, I find that all three are down whenever I try to use it, and I inevitably have to look at the list of instances and click the top one just to perform one search. Is there a way to “auto-route” my search...

cyborg,

Mobile or desktop? Libredirect on desktop allows you to enable a ton of pre-populated Searx instances in the Search category, so it will use any of the enabled instances in your list.

I don’t believe it picks based on reliability but it at least saves you the time of manually picking/editing your instances. If one is troublesome, just remove it from the list.

cyborg,

I self-host my own SearXNG instance and haven’t had any errors like that in the ~6 months it’s been running. It’s just anecdotal evidence, but I would imagine any such low-traffic instance would be able to avoid the blocking and other issues that high-traffic instances run into.

cyborg,

I remember doing this years ago, but I don't recall the exact tool I used. From a quick search, here are a few options to try or use to refine your search for another tool:

You can also play with the dev console in your browser and find the image URLs yourself (if available) and grab them. I think the converter I used was subpar, so I just made a script to screenshot each page and click the Next button.

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