A lightweight and minimalist search engine wrapper built around existing search services.
NuciSearch provides a simple search interface that redirects queries to specialized engines such as DuckDuckGo, YouTube, or Google Maps, depending on the selected search mode.
The goal is to provide a clean, fast, and dependency-free search page that can be self-hosted and easily integrated with browsers via OpenSearch.
- Minimal and lightweight design
- No external dependencies
- Self-hostable static site
- OpenSearch support (can be installed as a browser search engine)
- Multiple search modes:
- Auto → keyword-based routing or fallback text search
- Text → randomized web search (Brave / DuckDuckGo / Qwant / Startpage)
- Images → DuckDuckGo Image Search
- Torrents → Yandex search with "Torrent" suffix
- Videos → Yewtu.be (YouTube privacy frontend)
- Locations → Google Maps
- Query parameter support (
?q=) - Works as a browser search provider
When using Auto mode, queries can be routed to specialized providers based on keywords:
- Altex
- AliExpress
- ArchWiki
- eMAG
- evoMAG
- Flathub
- IMDb (via LibreMDb)
- Minecraft Wiki
- PlanetMinecraft (resources/schematics)
- ProtonDB
- UESP (Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages - the TES wiki)
- YouTube (via yewtu.be)
NuciSearch supports OpenSearch, allowing it to be installed as a search engine in browsers.
OpenSearch description: https://search.nuilandia.ro/opensearch.xml
Because NuciSearch is a static site, hosting it is very simple.
Any static web server will work:
- Apache
- Nginx
- Caddy
- GitHub Pages
- other static hosting platforms
This project intentionally avoids frameworks and build systems.
Only standard web technologies are used:
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
You can edit the files directly and reload the page.
This project is licensed under the GPLv3 License.
See the LICENSE file for details.
If you find this project useful, consider funding its development: https://hmlendea.go.ro/fund.html
