DuckDuckGo Alternatives

DuckDuckGo is described as 'Privacy-focused search engine offering Zero-click Info, instant answers, and more, built from open-source software for a user-friendly experience' and is a leading web search engine in the web browsers category. There are more than 100 alternatives to DuckDuckGo for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best DuckDuckGo alternative is Startpage, which is free. Other great apps like DuckDuckGo are Qwant, Brave Search, Ecosia and SearXNG.

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DuckDuckGo alternatives are mainly Web Search Engines, but if you're looking for Image Search Engines or Privacy Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include EU, Open Source and Kindle Fire + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to DuckDuckGo.
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  1. Private.sh icon
     2 likes

    Every single search request from our website and extension is encrypted locally on the client and proxied through our service, stripping away your public IP address ensuring that only the search provider is able to decrypt and see your query without any knowledge of who you are.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Seek Ninja icon
     12 likes

    Seek Ninja search engine was built from the ground up to challenge the existing duopoly. This is what makes it different:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  3. ekoru icon
     2 likes

    Search engine that fights climate change. 60% of revenue each month goes to climate change charities involved in animal welfare, reforestation, ocean conservation, and climate action.

    66 ekoru alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  4. Ghostery Glow is built into Ghostery Dawn. This one-of-a-kind search engine does not log your search history, which means you get served objective results, not results that are filtered by the likelihood you’ll click on them.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  5. DeuSu icon
     3 likes

    DeuSu is a web search-engine that can easily hold 2 billion web-pages in its search-index. The software is in use at deusu.org and is available as open-source software, originally written in Delphi (=Pascal).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Oscobo icon
     Like

    Oscobo is a search engine created for the sole purpose of protecting your privacy while you search the web.

    46 Oscobo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. PrivacyWall icon
     1 like

    Search the internet with the PrivacyWall app and enable tracking protection to block third-party tracking as you search and browse the web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
     
  8. YEP Search icon
     1 like

    The search engine that shares ad profit with creators and protects your privacy. Made by Ahrefs, designed for privacy, profit sharing and avoiding thin content

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Araa icon
     6 likes

    A privacy-respecting, ad-free, self-hosted Google metasearch engine with strong security that offers full API support and utilizes Qwant for images, and DuckDuckGo for auto-complete.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • NGINX
     
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  10. Founded in 1996 as the first ever German search engine, Fireball is a search engine from Munich, Germany which is operated by Fireball Labs GmbH. Fireball mainly relys on Bing results these days and Fireball is privacy-focused.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Ever wished your online searches could make a positive impact on the planet? Now, with Search For Trees, your every click contributes to planting trees for free!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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