Settings#
Open Settings from the home page or the menu to tailor Searpa to you. Your preferences sync to your account automatically and are restored on any device you sign in on. They are also stored in your browser, so they apply even before you sign in.
What you can change#
| Setting | Options | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Engines | Any mix of Brave / Mojeek / Marginalia | All enabled |
| Safe search | On / Off | On |
| Search language | Auto, or one of the seven UI languages | Auto (your browser) |
| Interface language | Auto, or one of the seven UI languages | Auto |
| Theme | System / Light / Dark | System |
| Open links | Same tab / New tab | Same tab |
| Proxy images | On / Off | Off |
| Lazy-load knowledge cards | On / Off | On |
| Data sources | Per-provider on/off toggles | All enabled |
Engines#
Pick which web indexes Searpa queries and blends, see Web search. This is also where you manage your blocked sites and custom bangs.
Languages#
Interface language changes the Searpa UI; search language biases results toward a language. Both default to Auto, which follows your browser. Searpa’s interface is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch.
Theme and links#
Choose a light, dark or system-following theme, and whether result links open in the same tab or a new one.
Proxy images#
With Proxy images on, image thumbnails are fetched through the Searpa server instead of directly from the source, so the source site never sees your browser. It is off by default because it adds a little latency.
Data sources#
Fine-grained toggles for the supplementary providers, knowledge cards (Wikipedia, TMDB, TripAdvisor, Stack Exchange), weather, Pixabay (images), Sepia (videos), the World News API, Translate and OpenStreetMap. Turn off anything you don’t want Searpa to use.
Backup & sync#
Under Settings → Backup & sync you can:
- Export all your settings to a JSON file.
- Import them back on another instance or after a reset.
Because settings sync to your account, you normally don’t need to do this by hand, signing in on a new device restores them. Unbounded lists (your custom bangs and blocked sites) are stored in the database against your account.