# Feature request: configurable search engine for forum search

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-configurable-search-engine-for-forum-search/35793>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** search\
**Created:** [19. November 2015 um 13:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-configurable-search-engine-for-forum-search/35793 "2015-11-19T13:05:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![adrelanos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adrelanos/32/121409_2.png) [@adrelanos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrelanos)\
**Post date:** [19. November 2015 um 13:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-configurable-search-engine-for-forum-search/35793/1 "2015-11-19T13:05:31Z")

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When pressing the search button, then options, it is currently limited to “Search with Google”. I haven’t found a setting to change that.

It would be nice if that search engine could be set to something else.

Reason: most of our community’s users are Tor users, and Google isn’t Tor friendly (asking for captcha).

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [19. November 2015 um 21:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-configurable-search-engine-for-forum-search/35793/2 "2015-11-19T21:47:52Z")

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A pull request making this configurable would be accepted.

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**Author:** ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\
**Post date:** [4. Dezember 2025 um 11:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-configurable-search-engine-for-forum-search/35793/3 "2025-12-04T11:37:07Z")

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