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+=============================================================
+Searx admin interface
+=============================================================
+
+.. _searx-admin: https://github.com/kvch/searx-admin#searx-admin
+.. _NLnet Foundation: https://nlnet.nl/
+
+  manage your instance from your browser
+
+.. sidebar:: Installation
+
+   Installation guide can be found in the repository of searx-admin_.
+
+One of the biggest advantages of searx is being extremely customizable. But at
+first it can be daunting to newcomers.  A barrier of taking advantage of this
+feature is our ugly settings file which is sometimes hard to understand and
+edit.
+
+To make self-hosting searx more accessible a new tool is introduced, called
+``searx-admin``.  It is a web application which is capable of managing your
+instance and manipulating its settings via a web UI.  It aims to replace editing
+of ``settings.yml`` for less experienced administrators or people who prefer
+graphical admin interfaces.
+
+.. figure:: searx-admin-engines.png
+   :alt: Screenshot of engine list
+
+   Configuration page of engines
+
+Since ``searx-admin`` acts as a supervisor for searx, we have decided to
+implement it as a standalone tool instead of part of searx.  Another reason for
+making it a standalone tool is that the codebase and dependencies of searx
+should not grow because of a fully optional feature, which does not affect
+existing instances.
+
+
+Acknowledgements
+================
+
+This development was sponsored by `NLnet Foundation`_.
+
+| Happy hacking.
+| kvch // 2017.08.22 21:25