SearXNG is a privacy-respecting metasearch engine that aggregates results from over 100 search engines (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia, academic sources, etc.) via HTTP requests. It runs as a Flask web application, supports multiple output formats (HTML, JSON, RSS), and includes a plugin system, bot detection, rate limiting, and user preferences stored in cookies. The architecture is a monolithic Python application with a separate TypeScript/Less frontend built with Vite. It uses Valkey/Redis for caching and rate limiting, and SQLite for persistent caches. The codebase is well-structured with a clear separation of concerns: engine modules implement a common request/response interface, result types are typed with msgspec, and plugins are registered via a simple hook system. It is actively maintained with CI/CD, Docker support, and comprehensive documentation.
This repository is a build tooling and patching infrastructure for producing a de-Googled Chromium browser. It does not contain the browser itself but provides the configuration files, patches, and scripts needed to download, modify, and build Chromium without Google web service dependencies. The architecture consists of several layers: configuration files (flags.gn, pruning.list, domain_substitution.list, downloads.ini) that define what to remove or alter; source file processors (binary pruning, domain substitution) that modify the Chromium source tree; a quilt-based patch system with core and extra patches organized by origin (ungoogled-chromium, Bromite, Inox, Iridium, Debian); and utility scripts in the `utils/` and `devutils/` directories for downloading, patching, validating, and building. Key entry points include `utils/downloads.py` for fetching Chromium source, `utils/patches.py` for applying patches, `utils/domain_substitution.py` for replacing Google domains, and `devutils/validate_config.py` for sanity checks. The primary data flow is: clone Chromium source → prune binaries → apply patches → substitute domains → build with GN flags. External dependencies include the Chromium source tree, quilt, Python 3, and platform-specific build tools (e.g., ninja, clang). The project is actively maintained with CI workflows that validate patches and check for new Chromium versions, but it is tightly coupled to specific Chromium releases, requiring constant patch updates.