About Super Sift
Super Sift is a [metasearch engine], aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users.
Why use it?
- Super Sift may not offer you as personalized results as Google, but it doesn’t generate a profile about you.
- Super Sift doesn’t care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third-party, and it can’t be used to compromise you.
- Super Sift is free software, the code is 100% open, and everyone is welcome to make it better.
If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe in digital freedom, make Super Sift your default search engine or run it on your own server!
How do I set it as the default search engine?
Super Sift supports [OpenSearch]. For more information on changing your default search engine, see your browser’s documentation:
- [Firefox]
- [Microsoft Edge] - Behind the link, you will also find some useful instructions for Chrome and Safari.
- [Chromium]-based browsers only add websites that the user navigates to without a path.
When adding a search engine, there must be no duplicates with the same name. If you encounter a problem where you cannot add the search engine, you can either:
- remove the duplicate (default name: Super Sift) or
- contact the owner to give the instance a different name than the default.
How does it work?
Super Sift is based off of SearXNG which is a fork from the well-known [searx] [metasearch engine] which was inspired by the [Seeks project]. It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. Super Sift can be added to your browser’s search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default search engine.
The stats page contains some useful anonymous usage statistics about the engines used.