From 526937eb3931e85a3e85648b64e188ea049e035d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SebastianStork <git@sstork.dev>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:40:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] firefox: Set default search engine to self hosted searxng

---
 modules/home/programs/firefox.nix | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/home/programs/firefox.nix b/modules/home/programs/firefox.nix
index 5097bfe..a342511 100644
--- a/modules/home/programs/firefox.nix
+++ b/modules/home/programs/firefox.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ in
         |> lib.map (glance: glance.domain)
         |> lib.head;
     };
+    searchEngine = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.nonEmptyStr;
+      default =
+        allHosts
+        |> lib.attrValues
+        |> lib.map (host: host.config.custom.web-services.searxng)
+        |> lib.filter (searxng: searxng.enable)
+        |> lib.map (searxng: searxng.domain)
+        |> lib.head;
+    };
     extensions = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.attrsOf (
         lib.types.submodule (
@@ -115,6 +125,16 @@ in
           };
 
         extraConfig = lib.readFile "${inputs.betterfox}/user.js";
+
+        search = {
+          force = true;
+          default = "searxng";
+          privateDefault = "searxng";
+          engines.searxng = {
+            name = "searxng";
+            urls = lib.singleton { template = "https://${cfg.searchEngine}/search?q={searchTerms}"; };
+          };
+        };
       };
 
       policies.ExtensionSettings =