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Currently used search engines

general

Allow	Engine name	Shortcut	Response time	Max time	Reliability
web
	bing	bi		3.0
	brave	brave		3.0	0
	duckduckgo	ddg		3.0	0
	gigablast	gb		4.0
	google	go	0.5	3.0	100
	mojeek	mjk		3.0
	neeva	nv		5.0
	qwant	qw	0.9	3.0	80
	startpage	sp		6.0
	wiby	wib		3.0
	yahoo	yh		3.0
	seznam(CZ)	szn		3.0
	naver(KO)	nvr		3.0
others
	alexandria	alx		1.5
	archive is	ai		7.0
	curlie	cl		3.0
	currency	cc		3.0
	ddg definitions	ddd		3.0
	dictzone	dc		3.0
	lingva	lv		3.0
	marginalia	mar		1.5
	petalsearch	pts		3.0
	tineye	tin		9.0
	wikibooks	wb		3.0
	wikidata	wd	0.4	3.0	100
	wikipedia	wp	0.2	3.0	65
	wikiquote	wq		3.0
	wikisource	ws		3.0
	wikiversity	wv		3.0
	wikivoyage	wy		3.0
	yep	yep		3.0
	wikimini(FR)	wkmn		3.0

images

Allow	Engine name	Shortcut	Response time	Max time	Reliability
web
	bing images	bii		3.0	0
	duckduckgo images	ddi		3.0
	google images	goi		3.0	0
	qwant images	qwi	0.9	3.0	90
others
	1x	1x		3.0
	artic	arc		4.0	0
	deviantart	da		3.0	0
	flickr	fl	0.7	3.0	70
	frinkiac	frk		3.0
	library of congress	loc	0.2	3.0	40
	openverse	opv	0.7	3.0	100
	petalsearch images	ptsi		3.0
	unsplash	us	0.4	3.0	100

videos

Allow	Engine name	Shortcut	Response time	Max time	Reliability
web
	bing videos	biv	1.0	3.0	100
	google videos	gov		3.0
	qwant videos	qwv	0.6	3.0	100
others
	ccc-tv	c3tv		3.0
	dailymotion	dm	0.8	3.0	100
	google play movies	gpm		3.0
	invidious	iv		3.0
	peertube	ptb		6.0
	rumble	ru		3.0
	sepiasearch	sep	0.7	3.0	100
	vimeo	vm		3.0	0
	youtube	yt	0.9	3.0	100
	mediathekviewweb(DE)	mvw		3.0
	ina(FR)	in		6.0

news

Engine name	Shortcut	Response time	Max time	Reliability
bing news	bin	0.7	3.0	100
google news	gon		3.0
petalsearch news	ptsn		3.0
qwant news	qwn	0.7	3.0	100
wikinews	wn		3.0
yahoo news	yhn	0.6	3.0	100

map

Allow	Engine name	Shortcut	Supports selected language	SafeSearch	Time range	Response time	Max time	Reliability
	openstreetmap	osm				0.7	3.0	100
	photon	ph				2.5	3.0	50

music

Allow	Engine name	Shortcut	Response time	Max time	Reliability
lyrics
	azlyrics	lyrics		4.0
	genius	gen		3.0	0
others
	bandcamp	bc	0.6	3.0	100
	deezer	dz		3.0
	gpodder	gpod		4.0
	invidious	iv		3.0
	mixcloud	mc	0.7	3.0	100
	soundcloud	sc	0.4	3.0	100
	youtube	yt	0.9	3.0	100

Allow	Engine name	Shortcut	Response time	Max time	Reliability
packages
	docker hub	dh	0.4	3.0	100
	hoogle	ho	0.8	3.0	100
	lib.rs	lrs		3.0
	npm	npm		5.0
	packagist	pack		5.0
	pub.dev	pd		3.0
	pypi	pypi	0.8	3.0	100
	rubygems	rbg		3.0
q&a
	askubuntu	ubuntu	0.5	3.0	100
	stackoverflow	st	0.5	3.0	100
	superuser	su	0.5	3.0	100
repos
	bitbucket	bb		4.0
	codeberg	cb		3.0
	github	gh		3.0
	gitlab	gl		10.0
	sourcehut	srht		3.0
software wikis
	arch linux wiki	al	0.9	3.0	100
	free software directory	fsd		5.0
	gentoo	ge	1.2	3.0	100
others
	framalibre	frl		3.0
	habrahabr	habr		4.0
	lobste.rs	lo		5.0
	mankier	man		3.0
	searchcode code	scc		3.0

science

Engine name	Shortcut	Response time	Max time	Reliability
arxiv	arx	1.3	4.0	85
crossref	cr		3.0	0
google scholar	gos		3.0	0
openairedatasets	oad	0.6	5.0	100
openairepublications	oap	0.6	5.0	100
pdbe	pdb		3.0
pubmed	pub		3.0
semantic scholar	se		3.0

files

Allow	Engine name	Shortcut	Response time	Max time	Reliability
apps
	apk mirror	apkm		4.0
	fdroid	fd		3.0
	google play apps	gpa		3.0
others
	1337x	1337x		3.0
	btdigg	bt		3.0	0
	kickass	kc		4.0
	library genesis	lg		7.0
	nyaa	nt		3.0
	openrepos	or		4.0
	piratebay	tpb		3.0
	solidtorrents	solid	0.8	4.0	85
	tokyotoshokan	tt		6.0
	z-library	zlib		3.0	0

Allow	Engine name	Shortcut	Supports selected language	SafeSearch	Time range	Response time	Max time	Reliability
	reddit	re					3.0
	twitter	tw					3.0

other

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Allow	Engine name	Shortcut	Max time
dictionaries
	etymonline	et	3.0
	mymemory translated	tl	5.0
	wiktionary	wt	3.0
	wordnik	def	5.0
	duden(DE)	du	3.0
	woxikon.de synonyme(DE)	woxi	5.0
	jisho(JA)	js	3.0
	sjp.pwn(PL)	sjp	5.0
others
	emojipedia	em	4.0
	erowid	ew	3.0
	imdb	imdb	6.0
	wolframalpha	wa	6.0

Special Queries

Keywords	Name	Description	Examples
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min, max, avg, sum, prod	Statistics functions	Compute min/max/avg/sum/prod of the arguments	avg 123 548 2.04 24.2
random	Random value generator	Generate different random values	random string, random int, random float, random sha256, random uuid
This is the list of plugins.
md5, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512	Hash plugin	Converts strings to different hash digests.	sha512 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
user-agent	Self Informations	Displays your IP if the query is "ip" and your user agent if the query contains "user agent".
tor-check	Tor check plugin	This plugin checks if the address of the request is a TOR exit node, and informs the user if it is, like check.torproject.org but from searxng.

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