ddg

name	ddg
description	Use ddgr (DuckDuckGo from the terminal) to perform privacy-focused web searches from the command line. Use when the user wants to (1) Search the web from the terminal, (2) Perform DuckDuckGo searches without opening a browser, (3) Get quick search results in text format, (4) Search privately without tracking, (5) Use DuckDuckGo bangs (!) from terminal.

ddgr - DuckDuckGo from the Terminal

ddgr is a command-line utility to search DuckDuckGo from the terminal. It provides fast, privacy-focused web searches without opening a browser.

Installation

Via Snap (recommended for Ubuntu):

sudo snap install ddgr

Via PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:twodopeshaggy/jarun
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ddgr

From source:

git clone https://github.com/jarun/ddgr.git
cd ddgr
sudo make install

Dependencies: Python 3.8 or later

Basic Usage

Simple search (non-interactive):

snap run ddgr "search query" --np

Search with specific number of results:

snap run ddgr "search query" --num 5 --np

Search with time limit:

snap run ddgr "query" --time w --np    # past week
snap run ddgr  -- m --np    
snap run ddgr  -- y --np