privatedeepsearch-melt
"Google wants to know everything about you. I want to know nothing." — melt, probably
melt is your privacy-obsessed research assistant. She searches the web deeply, synthesizes findings with citations, and forgets everything the moment she's done.
Powered by SearXNG. No Google. No tracking. No API keys. No BS.
-----------------|----------------| | Logs every search | Logs nothing | | Builds a profile on you | Forgets you exist | | Sells your data | Has no data to sell | | Runs on their servers | Runs on YOUR machine | | Costs $20/month | Costs $0/forever |
Quick Start
1. Wake melt Up
# Auto-setup (generates secret key + starts container)
./setup.sh
# Or manually
cd docker && docker-compose up -d
She'll be ready at http://localhost:8888
2. Teach Her to Your AI
cp -r skills/* ~/.clawdbot/skills/
# Or via ClawdHub
clawdhub install privatedeepsearch-melt
3. (Optional) Fire the Competition
Tell Clawdbot to stop using Brave API:
{
"tools": {
"web": {
"search": { "enabled": false }
}
}
}
How Deep Research Actually Works
You: "explain quantum computing"
│
▼
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ melt: "Got it. Let me dig." │
└───────────────┬───────────────┘
│
Round 1: "explain quantum computing"
Round 2: "quantum computing detailed analysis"
Round 3: "quantum computing comprehensive guide"
│
▼
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ SearXNG: *queries 5 engines* │
│ Returns 10 results per round │
└───────────────┬───────────────┘
│
▼
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ melt: "YouTube? Facebook? │
│ Nice try. BLOCKED." │
└───────────────┬───────────────┘
│
▼
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ *Scrapes 10 pages at once* │
│ asyncio go brrrrrr │
└───────────────┬───────────────┘
│
▼
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ # Deep Research Report │
│ **Sources:** 17 │
│ ## [1] Quantum 101... │
│ ## [2] IBM's Breakthrough... │
└───────────────────────────────┘
Privacy Architecture
Your brain
│
▼ (you type a query)
┌─────────────────┐
│ Clawdbot │ ← Your machine. Your rules.
└────────┬────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ melt │ ← Localhost. No cloud. No logs.
│ (SearXNG) │
└────────┬────────┘
│
▼ (optional but recommended)
┌─────────────────┐
│ Your VPN │ ← Hide your IP from everyone
└────────┬────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ DuckDuckGo │ ← They see VPN IP, not you
│ Brave Search │
│ Startpage │
└─────────────────┘
Who sees what:
- Google: Nothing. Blocked.
- Your ISP: Encrypted traffic. They mad.
- melt: Everything. But she has amnesia.
Why Open Source Matters
melt is MIT licensed because:
- You can audit the code — No hidden trackers
- You can fork it — Make your own version
- You can improve it — PRs welcome
- You own your data — It never leaves your machine
Closed-source "privacy" tools ask you to trust them. melt asks you to verify.
Engines melt Trusts
✅ Enabled:
- DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, Startpage
- Qwant, Mojeek
- Wikipedia, GitHub, StackOverflow, Reddit, arXiv
- Piped, Invidious (YouTube without YouTube)
❌ Blocked:
- Google (all of it)
- Bing (all of it)
- Anything that tracks you
Requirements
- Docker & Docker Compose
- Python 3.8+
- A healthy distrust of Big Tech
pip install aiohttp beautifulsoup4
Files
privatedeepsearch-melt/
├── README.md ← You are here
├── docker/
│ ├── docker-compose.yml ← SearXNG deployment
│ └── searxng/settings.yml
├── skills/
│ ├── searxng/ ← Basic search skill
│ └── deep-research/ ← The good stuff
└── docs/
├── PRIVACY.md ← How melt protects you
└── TROUBLESHOOTING.md ← When things break
Credits
- SearXNG — The real hero. Privacy-respecting meta-search that makes this possible.
- OpenWebUI Deep Research — Algorithm inspiration
- Clawdbot — AI assistant framework
License
MIT — Do whatever you want. Just don't be evil.
"The best search history is no search history." — melt
SearXNG 🛡️