beSearch is a European-first, privacy-respecting search engine built to provide an independent alternative to existing search providers. Our mission is to deliver high-quality search results while respecting user privacy and data sovereignty.
We believe Europeans deserve a search engine that operates under European law, stores data within the EU, and puts users first rather than advertisers. beSearch is built on these principles from the ground up.
The beSearch project is open-source, licensed under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL). Our approach and vision are detailed in the beSearch White Paper, which outlines the architecture for a truly European search infrastructure encompassing web crawling, indexing, ranking, and serving.
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beSearch is available as a Tor hidden service for censorship-resistant access. Use the Tor Browser to visit our .onion address for maximum privacy.