About ZapSurfer

ZapSurfer is a metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users.

Why use it?

• ZapSurfer may not offer you as personalized results as Google, but it doesn’t generate a profile about you.
• ZapSurfer doesn’t care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third-party, and it can’t be used to compromise you.
• ZapSurfer is free software, the code is 100% open, and everyone is welcome to make it better.

If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe in digital freedom, make ZapSurfer your default search engine or run it on your own server!

How do I set it as the default search engine?

ZapSurfer supports OpenSearch. For more information on changing your default search engine, see your browser’s documentation:

• Firefox
• Microsoft Edge - Behind the link, you will also find some useful instructions for Chrome and Safari.
• Chromium-based browsers only add websites that the user navigates to without a path.

When adding a search engine, there must be no duplicates with the same name. If you encounter a problem where you cannot add the search engine, you can either:

• remove the duplicate (default name: ZapSurfer) or
• contact the owner to give the instance a different name than the default.