{
  "slug": "metager",
  "category": "search-engines",
  "name": "MetaGer",
  "description": "Open-source metasearch engine run by the German non-profit SUMA-EV that combines results from several search providers, paid for with a prepaid anonymous key, and includes an anonymizing proxy for opening results.",
  "website": "https://metager.org",
  "source": "https://gitlab.metager.de/open-source/MetaGer",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "DE",
    "name": "Germany",
    "eyes": "Fourteen Eyes",
    "eu": true,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "C",
  "score": 73,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "MetaGer scores 73 out of 100 (grade C) on the search engines criteria. It meets 6 of 11 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, no search history logs and no profile-based ads. It partly meets security headers and no account needed. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/metager/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/metager/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://gitlab.metager.de/open-source/MetaGer/-/blob/development/LICENSE",
      "note": "AGPL-3.0."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://metager.org/datenschutz",
      "note": "No tracking or third-party analytics; error reports go to a self-hosted GlitchTip instance with IP addresses removed."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://metager.org/preise",
      "note": "Funded by prepaid search keys and donations to the non-profit SUMA-EV, with no ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No transparency report or government request policy is published."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No published policy on notifying users about data requests."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=metager.org&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=metager.org",
      "note": "Grade B (75/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "no_search_logs": {
      "title": "No search history logs",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://metager.org/datenschutz",
      "note": "IP addresses and user agents are not saved, and queries are passed to search partners without identifiers."
    },
    "no_personalized_ads": {
      "title": "No profile-based ads",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://metager.org/",
      "note": "No ads are shown."
    },
    "no_account_needed": {
      "title": "No account needed",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://metager.org/",
      "note": "No account or email is needed, but searching requires a prepaid, randomly generated MetaGer key."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A",
    "observatory": "B",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T10:59:37.602Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T11:14:42Z"
}