DuckDuckGo Alternatives for Linux

DuckDuckGo is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is SearXNG, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to DuckDuckGo and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to DuckDuckGo are YaCy, Whoogle Search, SearchLock and OpenSERP.

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  1. SearXNG icon

    SearXNG

     155 likes

    Metasearch engine aggregating results from up to 251 services, offering strong privacy, no tracking, encrypted connections, Tor access, script and cookie flexibility, customizable engines, support for 58 languages, and user-selectable light or dark themes.

    108 SearXNG alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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    SearXNG vs DuckDuckGo Comments
    youlk1234
    0

    Cool, but you need your own server to set it up, which costs money...

    • SearXNG is Free and Open SourceDuckDuckGo is Free and Proprietary
    • SearXNG is DecentralizedDuckDuckGo is not according to our users
  2. YaCy icon

    YaCy

     149 likes

    YaCy is a free search engine that anyone can use to build a search portal for their intranet or to help search the public internet. When contributing to the world-wide peer network, the scale of YaCy is limited only by the number of users in the world and can index billions of...

    92 YaCy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    YaCy vs DuckDuckGo Comments
    HonestJohn
    Positive
    7

    I use almost excusively DuckDuckGo nowadays but YaCy is my ideal. Fully open source, fully decentralized search engine. Unfurtunatelly is still is kind of beta-alpha product, however if you desire true alternative to the "do(n't) be evil" serach engine, you should keep an eye on it.

    Guest
    Negative
    0

    I don't want to install something...

    • YaCy is Free and Open SourceDuckDuckGo is Free and Proprietary
    • YaCy is DecentralizedDuckDuckGo is not according to our users
  4. Whoogle Search icon

    Whoogle Search

     36 likes

    Ad-free, privacy-focused meta-search providing Google results without tracking, JavaScript, cookies, or AMP links, supporting proxies and autocomplete. Customizable, Docker-deployable, mobile-ready, with theme options and additional privacy features.

    90 Whoogle Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Whoogle Search screenshot 1
     
  5. SearchLock icon

    SearchLock

     8 likes

    SearchLock is a privacy-friendly search engine that prevents the tracking of your personal searches by the big search engine companies and others.

    16 SearchLock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Firefox
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  7. OpenSERP icon

    OpenSERP

     1 like

    OpenSERP is a free, open-source SERP API and CLI for live search data from Google, Yandex, Baidu, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  8. OnionSearch icon

    OnionSearch

     2 likes

    OnionSearch is a script that scrapes urls on different .onion search engines.

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    • Linux
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  9. Groot Web Search Engine icon

    Groot Web Search Engine

     4 likes

    This is a very fast and clutter free internet search engine. Get your results instantly and without any fuss.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kindle Fire
    • Chromecast
    Groot Web Search Engine screenshot 1
     
  10. kandi icon

    kandi

     2 likes

    kandi from Open Weaver helps developers find reusable libraries for specific requirements in their application development. kandi’s algorithms match each requirement against a knowledge store of over 430 million knowledge items across open source, public libraries, code...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    kandi from Open Weaver
     
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