this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2024
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Recently I started using my own self hosted search engine - LibreX...

When I went to add it as the default search engine for Firefox on the desktop - I found that the option to add custom search engines gone (replaced with a 'smarter' way??)

Here is the work around I found..

Go to the about:config page

Paste browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh into the search area and set the value to True

Now when you go to the Settings page, you should see an Add button to add a custom search engine (like you used too...)

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[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

I wonder why this isn't the default..

[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Good to know!

[–] camilobotero@feddit.dk 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for the services, great sir!

Now, tell me more about this LibreX, I am really intrigued, since some SearXNG instances keep failing.

[–] imattau@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

https://github.com/hnhx/librex/wiki -

Can easily be self-hosted using something like #yunohost, or you can try one of the publically accessible servers 👍

[–] cherry@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago