I think this needs a lot more clarification than is provided in this thread. If you run it locally, and only you use it, then you won't get blocked - a given s

I think this needs a lot more clarification than is provided in this thread. If you run it locally, and only you use it, then you won't get blocked - a given search engine will see about the same number of requests as if you used it directly. Add a few house members and you'll still be fine. (I ran the original searx for a year or two locally - no issues at all).