feat(config): add measurement unit

Release v1.11.0

Dockerfile

@@ -17,11 +17,22 @@ RUN yarn build
 
 FROM node:24.5.0-slim
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    python3-dev python3-babel python3-venv python-is-python3 \
-    uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python3 \
-    git build-essential libxslt-dev zlib1g-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev \
-    curl sudo \
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+    python3 \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-venv \
+    python3-dev \
+    sqlite3 \
+    git \
+    build-essential \
+    libxslt-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    libffi-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    uwsgi \
+    uwsgi-plugin-python3 \
+    curl \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 WORKDIR /home/perplexica
@@ -34,39 +45,28 @@ COPY drizzle ./drizzle
 
 RUN mkdir /home/perplexica/uploads
 
-RUN useradd --shell /bin/bash --system \
-    --home-dir "/usr/local/searxng" \
-    --comment 'Privacy-respecting metasearch engine' \
-    searxng
+RUN useradd --system --home-dir /usr/local/searxng --shell /bin/sh searxng
+
+WORKDIR /usr/local/searxng
+RUN git clone https://github.com/searxng/searxng.git . && \
+    python3 -m venv venv && \
+    . venv/bin/activate && \
+    pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel pyyaml && \
+    pip install -r requirements.txt && \
+    pip install uwsgi
 
-RUN mkdir "/usr/local/searxng"
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/searxng
-RUN chown -R "searxng:searxng" "/usr/local/searxng"
-
 COPY searxng/settings.yml /etc/searxng/settings.yml
 COPY searxng/limiter.toml /etc/searxng/limiter.toml
 COPY searxng/uwsgi.ini /etc/searxng/uwsgi.ini
-RUN chown -R searxng:searxng /etc/searxng
 
-USER searxng
-
-RUN git clone "https://github.com/searxng/searxng" \
-                   "/usr/local/searxng/searxng-src"
-
-RUN python3 -m venv "/usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv"
-RUN "/usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv/bin/pip" install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel pyyaml msgspec
-RUN cd "/usr/local/searxng/searxng-src" && \
-    "/usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv/bin/pip" install --use-pep517 --no-build-isolation -e .
-
-USER root
+RUN chown -R searxng:searxng /usr/local/searxng /etc/searxng
 
 WORKDIR /home/perplexica
 COPY entrypoint.sh ./entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x ./entrypoint.sh
 RUN sed -i 's/\r$//' ./entrypoint.sh || true
 
-RUN echo "searxng ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
-
 EXPOSE 3000 8080
 
 ENV SEARXNG_API_URL=http://localhost:8080

app.dockerfile

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-FROM node:24.5.0-slim AS builder
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip sqlite3 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-WORKDIR /home/perplexica
-
-COPY package.json yarn.lock ./
-RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile --network-timeout 600000
-
-COPY tsconfig.json next.config.mjs next-env.d.ts postcss.config.js drizzle.config.ts tailwind.config.ts ./
-COPY src ./src
-COPY public ./public
-COPY drizzle ./drizzle
-
-RUN mkdir -p /home/perplexica/data
-RUN yarn build
-
-FROM node:24.5.0-slim
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip sqlite3 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-WORKDIR /home/perplexica
-
-COPY --from=builder /home/perplexica/public ./public
-COPY --from=builder /home/perplexica/.next/static ./public/_next/static
-
-COPY --from=builder /home/perplexica/.next/standalone ./
-COPY --from=builder /home/perplexica/data ./data
-COPY drizzle ./drizzle
-
-RUN mkdir /home/perplexica/uploads
-
-COPY entrypoint.sh ./entrypoint.sh
-RUN chmod +x ./entrypoint.sh
-RUN sed -i 's/\r$//' ./entrypoint.sh || true
-
-CMD ["/home/perplexica/entrypoint.sh"]

entrypoint.sh

@@ -1,32 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
+cd /usr/local/searxng
+export SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH=/etc/searxng/settings.yml
+
+# Start SearXNG in background with all output redirected to /dev/null
+/usr/local/searxng/venv/bin/uwsgi \
+  --http-socket 0.0.0.0:8080 \
+  --ini /etc/searxng/uwsgi.ini \
+  --virtualenv /usr/local/searxng/venv \
+  --disable-logging > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+
 echo "Starting SearXNG..."
-
-sudo -H -u searxng bash -c "cd /usr/local/searxng/searxng-src && export SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH='/etc/searxng/settings.yml' && export FLASK_APP=searx/webapp.py && /usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv/bin/python -m flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8080" &
-SEARXNG_PID=$!
-
-echo "Waiting for SearXNG to be ready..."
 sleep 5
 
-COUNTER=0
-MAX_TRIES=30
 until curl -s http://localhost:8080 > /dev/null 2>&1; do
-  COUNTER=$((COUNTER+1))
-  if [ $COUNTER -ge $MAX_TRIES ]; then
-    echo "Warning: SearXNG health check timeout, but continuing..."
-    break
-  fi
   sleep 1
 done
-
-if curl -s http://localhost:8080 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "SearXNG started successfully (PID: $SEARXNG_PID)"
-else
-  echo "SearXNG may not be fully ready, but continuing (PID: $SEARXNG_PID)"
-fi
+echo "SearXNG started successfully"
 
 cd /home/perplexica
 echo "Starting Perplexica..."
-
 exec node server.js

src/components/Settings/Sections/Models/ModelSelect.tsx

@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ const ModelSelect = ({
   type: 'chat' | 'embedding';
 }) => {
   const [selectedModel, setSelectedModel] = useState<string>(
-    `${providers[0]?.id}/${providers[0].embeddingModels[0]?.key}`,
+    type === 'chat'
+      ? `${localStorage.getItem('chatModelProviderId')}/${localStorage.getItem('chatModelKey')}`
+      : `${localStorage.getItem('embeddingModelProviderId')}/${localStorage.getItem('embeddingModelKey')}`,
   );
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
 
   const handleSave = async (newValue: string) => {
     setLoading(true);
     setSelectedModel(newValue);
-    console.log(newValue);
+
     try {
       if (type === 'chat') {
         localStorage.setItem('chatModelProviderId', newValue.split('/')[0]);

src/lib/config/index.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,25 @@ class ConfigManager {
           'e.g., "Respond in a friendly and concise tone" or "Use British English and format answers as bullet points."',
         scope: 'client',
       },
+      {
+        name: 'Measurement Unit',
+        key: 'measureUnit',
+        type: 'select',
+        options: [
+          {
+            name: 'Imperial',
+            value: 'Imperial',
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'Metric',
+            value: 'Metric',
+          },
+        ],
+        required: false,
+        description: 'Choose between Metric  and Imperial measurement unit.',
+        default: 'Metric',
+        scope: 'client',
+      },
     ],
     modelProviders: [],
     search: [