title: DuckDuckGo
type: Recommendation
logo: /assets/img/search-engines/duckduckgo.svg
description: |
  **DuckDuckGo** is a popular search engine and is the default for the Tor Browser.

  DuckDuckGo has a [lite](https://duckduckgo.com/lite) and [html](https://duckduckgo.com/html) only version, both of which [do not require JavaScript](https://help.duckduckgo.com/features/non-javascript) and can be used with their [Tor onion address](https://duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion) (append [/lite](https://duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion/lite) or [/html](https://duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion/html) for the respective version).

  DuckDuckGo uses its own crawler and various [other sources](https://help.duckduckgo.com/results/sources) to provide its search data.

  #### Notes
  The company is based in the <span class="flag-icon flag-icon-us"></span> USA.

  Their [Privacy Policy](https://duckduckgo.com/privacy) states they do log your search query, but not your IP or any other identifying information.

website: 'https://duckduckgo.com'
website_tor: 'https://duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion'
privacy_policy: 'https://duckduckgo.com/privacy'