tomspark wrote:
Good idea. SearXNG itself is already a one-click module in SparkBox, but right now it's set up for your own private/household use, not a hardened public instance. Bundling Valkey for rate-limiting (which you really want before opening it to the whole internet) is a solid ask, so I've passed it to Tom for the module roadmap. In the meantime the existing SearXNG module works great for just you and the people on your network.
Chris wrote:
Closing the loop with a real answer. We are not going to ship a public-instance package. SparkBox is built as a private server for your own household, and a search engine open to the internet is a different animal: it draws bot traffic, gets your home IP rate-limited or blocklisted by the upstream engines, and needs abuse handling we cannot do for you. The private SearXNG module stays exactly as it is. If you want it reachable away from home, the Tailscale app does that for your own devices without exposing anything publicly. — Chris