DuckDuckGo Search (Unofficial)

Name: DuckDuckGo Search (Unofficial)
Rating: 4.5714 (21 reviews)
Author: nitrohorse

Unofficial, open-source web extension that adds duckduckgo.com as a search engine to the Firefox browser. Please review DuckDuckGo's privacy policy: https://duckduckgo.com/privacy

DuckDuckGo Search (Unofficial)

Enhance your Firefox browsing experience with the DuckDuckGo Search unofficial web extension! This convenient, open-source tool allows you to seamlessly add DuckDuckGo as a search engine, ensuring you can search the web while prioritizing your privacy.

While you can manually add DuckDuckGo to your list of available search engines without this extension, it simplifies the process. Refer to the Mozilla support page for detailed instructions. For privacy-focused browsing, please review DuckDuckGo's privacy policy.

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By: nitrohorse

Daily users: 1,913

-14

Rating: 4.57

(21)

Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2020-02-21)

Version code: 4966755

Creation date: 2020-02-21

Weekly download count: 21

Firefox on Android: No

Risk:

Size: 13.20K

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated: 14 hours ago

Ranking

# 2,157 ▼ 4

Other rankings

#260 in Search Tools

#13 in suno keyword 11

#57 in policy keyword 21 ▼ 2

#69 in social keyword 33 ▼ 2

#136 in default search keyword 39 ▼ 3

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User reviews

Pros

Much better than the official addon
Good addon
Not tied to big internet corporations

Cons

Very America centric

Most mentioned

Better than official addon
Good performance
Focus on privacy and independence

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. User reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

User reviews

by Firefox user 18470087, 2024-10-10

by Dead Warrior, 2024-07-25

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

DuckDuckGo Search (Unofficial) requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
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Risk likelihood

DuckDuckGo Search (Unofficial) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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