diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/we/websurfx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/we/websurfx/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  rustPlatform,
+  openssl,
+  pkg-config,
+}:
+let
+  version = "1.20.7";
+in
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  pname = "websurfx";
+  inherit version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "neon-mmd";
+    repo = "websurfx";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-fpyelpzskwuVrQB1SZ3llnenox7MiOeF+sSJONSdEf0=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    openssl
+  ];
+
+  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-LnMVfsKb1oTsEKmD/dDnABbWyrYC52e9ASbcMY7qXMw=";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/handler/mod.rs \
+      --replace-fail "/etc/xdg" "$out/etc/xdg" \
+      --replace-fail "/opt/websurfx" "$out/opt/websurfx"
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/etc/xdg
+    mkdir -p $out/opt/websurfx
+
+    cp -r websurfx $out/etc/xdg/
+    cp -r public $out/opt/websurfx/
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Open source alternative to searx";
+    longDescription = ''
+      An open source alternative to searx which provides a modern-looking,
+      lightning-fast, privacy respecting, secure meta search engine.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/neon-mmd/websurfx";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/neon-mmd/websurfx/releases";
+    license = lib.licenses.agpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ theobori ];
+    mainProgram = "websurfx";
+  };
+}