Surfx focuses on searching the web from a terminal without switching to a graphical browser. It is catalogued under CLI tools & terminal on PulseGate.

surfx is an open-source project built for developers and terminal users.

Yes — surfx is open source under the MIT license and free to use.

What platforms does surfx run on?

surfx runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.

Is surfx still active?

Unverified. surfx has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to surfx?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include pkanban, sandbox-cli, and skill-mgr.

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surfx

Name: surfx
Author: Sam3360

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surfx is a fast, terminal-first command-line web search client powered by SearXNG. It provides terminal users and developers with a clean interface for metasearch without requiring a graphical browser.

Open SourceMITCLISelf-hosted

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Overview

4 features

surfx is a CLI tools & terminal project. It focuses on searching the web from a terminal without switching to a graphical browser. surfx is an open-source project aimed at developers and terminal users. surfx is open source under the MIT license. It ships for the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

Behind surfx is Sam3360, and it first shipped in 2025. Among its 4 catalogued features are terminal search, searXNG integration, and metasearch.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Terminal search
SearXNG integration
Metasearch
Clean output

Built with & integrations

Runs on

CLISelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

MIT

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen SourceFree tierGitHub

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What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed9 Sept · 12:32 UTC
surfx verified via PyPI Bulk Enumerator
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Frequently asked questions about surfx

What does surfx do?: Surfx focuses on searching the web from a terminal without switching to a graphical browser. It is catalogued under CLI tools & terminal on PulseGate.
Who is surfx for?: surfx is an open-source project built for developers and terminal users.
Is surfx free?: Yes — surfx is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does surfx run on?: surfx runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is surfx still active?: Unverified. surfx has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to surfx?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include pkanban, sandbox-cli, and skill-mgr.pkanban sandbox-cli skill-mgr
Who develops surfx?: surfx is developed by Sam3360.
How long has surfx been around?: surfx first shipped in 2025.

At a glance

Platforms: CLI
Languages: English
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
License: MIT
Built for: developers and terminal users
Model: Open source
Solves: Searching the web from a terminal without switching to a graphical browser.

Registered as

GitHub: Sam3360/surfx
PyPI: surfx

Developer

Sam3360

Solo developer

GitHub

Open source

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Stars: 0
Forks: 0
Open issues: 0
Last commit: 14 Jun 2025
Commits 90d: 0
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main

Index record

Indexed: 9 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 9 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: surfx-pypi-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 9 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 9 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 9 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://pypi.org/project/surfx

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