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# SearXNG

> A keenable search engine built into SearXNG (shortcut !keen), enabled in settings.yml.

*Search engine*

A keenable search engine built into SearXNG (shortcut `!keen`) — an operator flips it on in `settings.yml`.

→ [View the change on GitHub](https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/6412)

Keenable ships as a core SearXNG engine (`searx/engines/keenable.py`). Like every newly added engine it is registered disabled by default, per SearXNG convention, so the instance operator enables it explicitly. SearXNG is a rolling release — the engine lands in the next master docker build.

## Install

### No separate install

Keenable ships as a built-in search engine in SearXNG (merged upstream) — there is no separate package to install.

### Enable it in settings.yml

Upstream registers the engine as `disabled: true`, `inactive: true` (the convention for a new engine), so the operator turns it on:

```yaml theme={"dark"}
engines:
  - name: keenable
    engine: keenable
    shortcut: keen
    inactive: false
    disabled: false
    api_key: keen_...       # removes the hourly request cap
    # keenable_mode: pro    # search mode, defaults to pro
```

### Search

Restart the instance, then use the `!keen` bang or select Keenable in the engine list.

<Note>
  Add `api_key` to the engine settings to authenticate — this removes the hourly request cap. Leave it out and calls run on the shared public tier at [lower rate limits](/rate-limits); on a multi-user instance that pool is shared across everyone behind the instance's egress address.
</Note>