If the version available is dated try an alternative installation method. This dependency is removed in the later releases. Note: v1.1 and below require the Python3 requests library to make HTTPS requests. It also supports GNU Screen and tmux copy-paste buffers in the absence of X11.

To copy url to clipboard at the omniprompt, ddgr looks for xsel or xclip or termux-clipboard-set (in the same order) on Linux, pbcopy (default installed) on OS X, clip (default installed) on Windows and clipboard (default installed) on Haiku. Only the latest patch release of each minor version is supported.

Thoroughly documented, man page with examplesĭdgr requires Python 3.7 or later.

Privacy-aware (no unconfirmed user data collection).

Supports custom url handler script or cmdline utility.

HTTPS proxy support, optionally disable User Agent.

Limit search by time, specify region, disable safe search.

Open the first result in browser (I'm Feeling Ducky).

DuckDuckGo Bangs (along with completion).

Search and option completion scripts (Bash, Fish, Zsh).

Instant answers (supported by DDG html version).

Designed for maximum readability at minimum space.

The default interface is carefully designed to use minimum space without sacrificing readability.Ī big advantage of ddgr over googler is DuckDuckGo works over the Tor network.ĭdgr isn't affiliated to DuckDuckGo in any way. It's more convenient than skimming through 30-odd search results per page. Unlike the web interface, you can specify the number of search results you would like to see per page. DuckDuckGo Bangs are super-cool too! So here's ddgr for you!

While googler is extremely popular among cmdline users, in many forums the need of a similar utility for privacy-aware DuckDuckGo came up. Ddgr is a cmdline utility to search DuckDuckGo ( html version) from the terminal.

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