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24 alternatives to Banger–A Firefox extension to extend DDG's bangs
Hello HN! I made this Firefox extension to extend upon DuckDuckGo's idea of bangs (check https://duckduckgo.com/bangs if you aren't familiar with them) and also allow the use of any search engine with them. I found DuckDuckGo's bangs fascinating, but was disappointed by how little search engines inherit that feature. And on top of it, DuckDuckGo has the "!" bang that jumps to the first search result but other search engines offering bangs like Brave Search, searx, You.com don't seem to have that. I also thought that the "!" bang could be extended with the ability to jump to…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Banger–A Firefox extension to extend DDG's bangs launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2012 · duckduckgoog.com · its alternatives →
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DuckDuckGo: Bang▲307Search thousands of sites directly from DuckDuckGo
2015 · duckduckgo.com · its alternatives →
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Replicate DuckDuckGo !bang's in Firefox using Keymarks! - jameshealyio/bang-bookmarks
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 4FD
I like to use DuckDuckGo-style bangs and snaps, they are fast and efficient shortcuts. However, neither Kagi nor DuckDuckGo resolves them as quickly as I would like and subjectively Google has better search results than DuckDuckGo. After trying a few local alternatives eg. unduck, unduckified, I wasn't satisfied, the ones I tried briefly loaded a page before redirecting causing visible page flickering, still took time to resolve the actual redirect and lacked advanced features (address-bar autocomplete). Flashbang avoids that by handling the redirect in a Service Worker, before the browser…
Jul 2026 · flashbang-dyr.pages.dev · its alternatives →
- 5CD
I love DDG !bangs so much, that I kept finding myself in need of custom search !bangs... So I built them! I absolutely love DDG's search !bangs! ... even more than their stance on privacy. If you've ever found yourself wishing for a custom search !bang you're in the same boat as me :) Sure, sometimes submitting a public !bang is the way to go... But not always. Maybe you want to override the default !weather or you want a custom !bang for an internal tool used by your employer. You can create your custom search !bangs at https://interrobang.online
2019 · its alternatives →
- 6BA
2016 · pfrazee.github.io · its alternatives →
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WhatRuns▲1,045Discover what runs a website in one click 🖥️ 🔍
2017 · whatruns.com · its alternatives →
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A browser add-on to strip search results from 'blacklisted' URLs on Google - davidahmed/wiper
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on a little open source [1] search engine, nilch. I noticed that nearly all well known search engines, including the alternative ones, tend to be run by companies of various sizes with the goal to make money, so they either fill your results with ads or charge you money, and I dislike this because search is the backbone of the internet and should not be commercial, so it runs in a not-for-profit style and aims to survive on donations. Additionally I'm personally really sick of AI in my search results so I got rid of that, and I wanted DuckDuckGo bangs so it supports all of…
Dec 2025 · nilch.org · its alternatives →
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Add !bang searches to Google. Contribute to jpopesculian/banoogle development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Privacy, simplified. Available on all major platforms.
2018 · duckduckgo.com · its alternatives →
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Simple Firefox extension for advanced tech lookup of any URL
2017 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! I became frustrated with the unpredictible/poor match quality and opaqueness of "relevance scores" in existing fuzzy and fulltext search libs, so I tried something different and this is the result. The main selling point is the result quality / ordering, with best-in-class memory overhead and excellent performance being bonuses. The API is pretty stable at this point, but looking for feedback before committing to 1.0. TL;DR The test corpus is a 4MB json file with 162k words/phrases, so give it a second for initial download. You can also drag/drop your own…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Jam on Chrome▲249Sticky notes for the web to comment right on your website
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Wanted to share my weekend project, Giggle. I started using Google's Programmable Search Engine recently and needed an easy way to use it. Let me know what you think!
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An extension for Firefox and Chrome to add comments to any URL - comntr/webext
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 18YS
Download YouTube Search Fixer for Firefox. Remove ALL distracting search results, redirect shorts back to legacy page and try little visual changes suited for low resolution screens.
2020 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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:duck: DuckDuckGo from the terminal. Contribute to jarun/ddgr development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Tune by Google▲196AI-powered Chrome extension that hides toxic comments
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Firefox Advance▲166Experimental recommendation engine built into Firefox
2018 · support.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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Adds instant preview to search engine results page
2019 · its alternatives →
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Hey all- I just released a New tab replacement Chrome extension that makes browsing a lot easier - it also solves many of the annoyances with browser tabs. It's called Yellopages and it's free. Hope you'll give it a try. * Groups all tabs from same domain. Makes it simple to kill all your Gmail tabs in one click (or keep just one). * Groups all tabs playing audio. Toggle the sound for each one. * Single text search for open tabs, bookmarks, and browsing history. * Groups all tabs with new notifications (e.g. emails, likes, posts, replies, etc.) * One click to kill all tabs (e.g. you're…
Jan 2026 · yellopages.kawaicheung.io · its alternatives →
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Redirect a percentage of your Google searches to DuckDuckGo
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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