findnix.eu is Live — Europe's First Tracking-Free Search Engine Enters Public Beta

We've been building quietly for months. Today, we're opening the doors.

findnix.eu is now in public beta — a European meta-search engine built from the ground up without tracking, without profiling, and without Google. Completely DSGVO/GDPR-native, hosted on servers in Germany, and designed for everyone in Europe who's tired of being the product.

What is findnix.eu?

findnix.eu combines multiple independent search indexes (including Brave Search and our own sitemap crawler) with an AI summary layer powered by Claude. The result: fast, relevant search results — with a quality score you can actually see, and no filter bubble built from your data.

What makes it different:

• Zero tracking — no user profiling, no behavioral data, no fingerprinting
• No auction-based ads — flat-rate advertising only. A small bakery pays the same fair price as a corporation
• AI summaries — top results summarized with sources always visible
• 25 EU languages — the entire interface and all content is available in all 24 official EU languages plus Swiss German
• EU servers — all data stays in Germany, DSGVO-native by design
• Open to everyone — free registration, no waitlist

What can you test right now?

The beta includes everything we've built so far:

Search

• Web, News, Science, Images, Videos, Company search
• AI-powered result summaries
• Language filter (EU-only results)
• Image reverse search (registered users)

findnix Map

• Europe-only map powered by Leaflet + OpenStreetMap
• No Google Maps, no tracking
• Click anywhere for reverse geocoding

User Dashboard

• Submit your sitemap for indexing
• Book advertising (Starter from €9/month)
• Highlight your domain in search results
• Analytics for your submitted sites
• Points system — earn points for activity, redeem for features
• Wishlist — request features directly

Community

• Donation module — support European non-profits and earn points
• Widget — embed findnix ads on your own site
• Referral system — invite friends, earn points

Your feedback shapes findnix

This is a beta. Things will break. Pages might load slowly. Some features are still rough around the edges. That's exactly why we need you.

We built a dedicated Beta Feedback Form at findnix.eu/beta-feedback.php where you can:

• Rate every single feature (Works / Issues / Broken / Not tested)
• Give an overall impression from 😞 to 😍
• Leave a free-text comment for bugs, ideas, or praise
• Tell us what's missing

The form is available in all 25 languages and takes about 3 minutes to fill out. No login required — just your email address.

Privacy first — even for beta testers

We take the "no tracking" promise seriously, even during beta:

• Your account is yours. You can delete it at any time — one click in your profile, confirm with your password, and everything is gone. No support ticket, no waiting period, no questions asked.
• No IP storage — analytics are anonymized before processing
• Cookie consent — only technically necessary cookies by default
• GDPR-compliant by architecture, not just by checkbox

When the beta ends and we move to full release, you keep your account, your points, and your submitted sitemaps. Nothing resets.

How to get started

1. Visit findnix.eu
2. Try the search — no account needed
3. Register for free to unlock the full dashboard, image reverse search, and points
4. Submit your sitemap to get your site indexed
5. Fill out the beta feedback form — every response helps

Use code BETA2026 in the wishlist notes to flag your feedback as a founding beta tester. We're giving founding testers priority consideration for every feature request.

A note on the index

We're honest about where we are: the search index is still growing. Results for niche queries may be limited right now. The AI summary works best for well-covered topics. We're crawling new sitemaps daily and the index improves every week.

If your site isn't showing up yet — submit your sitemap. It's free, no account required, and we check it within 24 hours.

Built in Europe, for Europe

findnix.eu is an independent project — not backed by a US tech company, not funded by data brokers. It runs on a VPS in Germany, built with PHP and MariaDB, with Redis caching and a self-hosted SearXNG instance.

The code is written by one developer. The AI layer uses Claude (Anthropic) for summarization and spam filtering. Every euro from advertising goes back into server costs and development.

We believe Europe deserves better search infrastructure — transparent, fair, and genuinely privacy-respecting. findnix.eu is our attempt to build it.

Try it: findnix.eu
Beta Feedback: findnix.eu/beta-feedback.php
Submit your site: findnix.eu/einreichen.php

Questions? Contact us at [e-mail]