A specialized academic research-focused fork of SearXNG designed as a drop-in replacement for the default SearXNG search engine that is normally paired with Learning Circuit's Local Deep Research. This fork is optimized for professional and academic workplace environments, with search engines associated with NSFW content removed, and more of a focus on text-based academic scholarly search engines.
This is a curated fork of SearXNG designed specifically for academic research and professional workplace environments. It removes NSFW content, focuses on academic search engines, and provides a clean, distraction-free search experience.
- Academic-First Search
- Dedicated new "Academic" category (in preferences) with 12 additional research-focused search engines added to the list of previously available search engine choices
- Organized subcategories: General, Life Sciences, Open Access, Publishing
- Includes arXiv, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, CrossRef, OpenAIRE, and PDBe
- Workplace Safe
- All NSFW, torrent, and piracy engines removed
- Videos, music, and social media categories disabled
- Strict safe search enabled by default
- Privacy & Security
- No user tracking or profiling
- Security audited (using Trivy and Grype)
- AGPL-3.0 licensed
- Clean Interface
- "LDR-academic Fork" branding throughout
- Professional appearance suitable for academic institutions
See INSTALL.md for detailed installation instructions.
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/porespellar/searxng-LDR-academic.git
Navigate to the directory:
cd searxng-LDR-academic
Build:
docker build -t porespellar/searxng-ldr-academic .
Run:
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name searxng porespellar/searxng-ldr-academic
Then visit http://localhost:8080
You can adjust search settings, including enabling or disabling specific search engines, by clicking the Preferences link on the main page.
This fork is designed as a drop-in replacement for Step 1 in Local Deep Research's Quick Start (Option 1: Docker).
Step 1: Deploy this academic fork (replaces their default SearXNG)
Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/porespellar/searxng-LDR-academic.git
Navigate to the directory:
cd searxng-LDR-academic
Build this repository:
docker build -t porespellar/searxng-ldr-academic .
Run SearXNG:
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name searxng porespellar/searxng-ldr-academic
Step 2: Deploy Local Deep Research (Learning Circuit's Step 2)
Run Local Deep Research:
docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --name local-deep-research --volume 'deep-research:/data' -e LDR_DATA_DIR=/data localdeepresearch/local-deep-research
- Verify both are running:
- SearXNG: http://localhost:8080
- Local Deep Research: http://localhost:5000
Note
You will still need to install Ollama, LM Studio, or some other form of OpenAI compatible endpoint along with your LLM of choice. We recommend GPT-OSS:20b or GPT-OSS:120b.
See INSTALL.md for detailed instructions.
- General Research (7 engines)
- arXiv - Physics, math, computer science preprints
- BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (voluminous academic web resources)
- Google Scholar - Comprehensive academic search
- Library of Congress - History, humanities, and visual research
- OpenAlex - Open catalog of scholarly works (papers, authors, institutions)
- Semantic Scholar - AI-powered research papers
- Wolfram|Alpha (Science) - Computational knowledge, math, and physics
- Life Sciences (2 engines)
- PubMed - Biomedical literature database
- PDBe - Protein Data Bank Europe
- Open Access (2 engines)
- OpenAIRE Publications - European open research
- OpenAIRE Datasets - Research data repository
- Publishing (1 engine)
- CrossRef - DOI registry with 140M+ scholarly records
- Removed Categories:
- Videos
- Music
- Files
- Social Media
- Removed Engines:
- All NSFW/adult content engines
- Torrent/piracy engines (Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents, etc.)
- Gambling/casino engines
- Video/audio streaming engines
- Social media search engines
- Added Features:
- Academic category with subcategories
- 8 academic search engines enabled by default
- Strict safe search enabled
- US English default language
This is a specialized fork maintained for academic research purposes. For contributions to the upstream SearXNG project, see the official SearXNG repository.
This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL-3.0). See LICENSE for more details.
Built on SearXNG - a privacy-respecting metasearch engine.
No Affiliation
This project (porespellar/searxng-LDR-academic) is an independent fork and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by the SearXNG project or Learning Circuit. The maintainer (porespellar) has no official relationship with either organization.
No Warranty
This software is provided "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the software is with you.
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Third-Party Services
This software integrates with third-party search engines and services. The maintainer is not responsible for the availability, accuracy, or content provided by these external services.
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