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24 alternatives to DuckDuckGo: Bang

Search thousands of sites directly from DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo Bang is a web app that lets users search thousands of websites directly from DuckDuckGo's search interface. By typing a special command before a search query, users can instantly access specific sites… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. DuckDuckGo: Bang launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Replicate DuckDuckGo !bang's in Firefox using Keymarks! - jameshealyio/bang-bookmarks

    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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    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 →

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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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    Search Engine Router - Duckduckgo Bangs but Local

    2025 · t128n.github.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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    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…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source DuckDuckGo

    2014 · duckduckgo.com · its alternatives →

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    :duck: DuckDuckGo from the terminal. Contribute to jarun/ddgr development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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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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    Bring the magic of ChatGPT to DuckDuckGo!

    2023 · codeberg.org · its alternatives →

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    The all in one search engine for PH, DN, HN and GitHub ✊

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Duck Hunt on your browser with your smartphone as trigger.

    2015 · produckhunt.co · its alternatives →

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    Easily explore local data files with DuckDB

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Discover products based on recommendations from influencers

    2017 · 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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    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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    I built Duck-UI, a web-based SQL editor that runs DuckDB entirely in your browser via WebAssembly. No backend required. The Problem: Every time I needed to query csv, parquet, or even to play with SQL, I had to either: (a) spin up a Jupyter notebook (b) use the CLI (c) upload to a hosted service. Friction at every step (TOO MUCH to load a csv or even to test some sql (study)... The Solution: DuckDB's WASM runtime lets us run SQL analysis client-side. Load CSV/JSON/Parquet files from disk or URL, write SQL, get results instantly. Data stays on your machine. What It Does: SQL editor…

    2025 · demo.duckui.com · its alternatives →

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    🔍 Search Engine for a Procedural Simulation of the Web with GPT-3. - jokenox/Goopt

    2022 · github.com · 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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    Add a custom DuckDuckGo search box to your website

    2019 · ddg.patdryburgh.com · its alternatives →

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