Is searxist safe?

searxist (pronounced: searchist) is a simple Android app to wrap SearXNG in a WebView with Material You colors, plus some system integrations. Features 🌙 Material You theming 🔍 System search integration (search bar widget, popup text action) 🌐 Choose from public SearXNG instances or add your own 🛡️ Privacy-focused (no unnecessary data collection!) 📱 Supports Android 5+ Why would I want to us…

Developer: Linerly
Category: Internet
Earliest archived version: 02 May 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

02 May 2026

2026.04.30

All the improvements! — Add currently-used instance and settings button in the search bar for Android 8.1 and lower (fixes Linerly/searxist 14) — Images in infoboxes now retain their original aspect ratio — Attributes in infoboxes are now displayed evenly — Adjusted search UI for larger screens…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDxyz.linerly.searxist

Latest APK SHA-256b5f69ee01109504cdc0276eab8b4b98b6de6744a67d12545706c53de03bf7f43

Signing certificate65:03:99:C8:93:53:2C:79:5D:E4:EC:20:A8:8B:0F:88:D8:ED:1E:F4:84:3E:F1:3F:3F:76:8B:4A:A0:E4:30:31

MIN ANDROID21TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2026.04.3002 May 202621+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions7 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.REORDER_TASKS android.permission.WAKE_LOCK xyz.linerly.searxist.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗