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, Ecosia, Brave Search 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. Whoogle Search icon
     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
     
  2. 4get icon
     24 likes

    This is a metasearch engine that gets results from other engines, and strips away all of the tracking parameters and Microsoft/globohomo bullshit they add. Most of the other alternatives to Google jack themselves off about being ""privacy respecting"" or...

    63 4get alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
     
  3. xPrivo Search icon
     8 likes

    xPrivo Search is a 100% European, privacy-focused search engine that operates on a fully independent european index instead of relying on US Big Tech like Bing. Choose between classic web results or AI enhanced results with full European data sovereignty & privacy.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. Mwmbl Search icon
     16 likes

    Mwmbl is a non-profit, ad-free, free-libre and free-lunch search engine with a focus on useability and speed. At the moment it is little more than an idea together with a proof of concept implementation of the web front-end and search technology on a small index.

    71 Mwmbl Search alternatives

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    • Online
     
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  5. Swisscows icon
     24 likes

    Privacy-first search engine providing web and image searches with no data tracking, no profiling, servers in Switzerland for privacy, encrypted connections, and automatic filtering of offensive or adult content to ensure a family-friendly experience.

    80 Swisscows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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  6. searxist icon
     8 likes

    A simple Android app to wrap SearXNG with Material You colors, plus some system integrations.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. Open source search solution crawling the web to prioritize small and non-commercial sites, supporting unique discovery of personal content, white-label deployment, cost-effective hardware, side-loaded indexing, and ongoing improvements for configurability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Meta-search engine acting as a privacy-preserving proxy without persistent user tracking or targeted ads, providing domain blocklists, advanced operators, switchable future backends, custom themes, link controls, and a clean interface for private results.

    53 Waterfox Private Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Intelligence X icon
     30 likes

    Intelligence X is a search engine and data archive. Search Tor, I2P, data leaks and the public web by email, domain, IP, CIDR, Bitcoin address and more.

    117 Intelligence X alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  10. Wiby icon
     12 likes

    In the early days of the web, pages were made primarily by hobbyists, academics, and computer savvy people about subjects they were personally interested in. Later on, the web became saturated with commercial pages that overcrowded everything else.

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    • Online
     
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