4get.ca is just another "metasearch engine" that anyone can "self-host", like https://searx.github.io/searx/ https://searx.github.io/searx/ for example There

4get.ca is just another "metasearch engine" that anyone can "self-host", like https://searx.github.io/searx/ https://searx.github.io/searx/ for example There is no reason one has to use any particular remote instance https://web.archive.org/web/20250801194307if_/https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get/archive/master.zip https://web.archive.org/web/20250801194307if_/https://git.lo... Nor does one have to use a browser in order do "metasearch". For example, I have a script that queries over 60 search engines directly, from the command line, and returns SQL. I can combine results from many sources into custom SERPs comprised of simple HTML for text-only browser, no Javascript, CSS, etc. Unfortunately, pooled search proxies have a finite lifetime, like scroogle.org