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

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

  DuckDuckGo uses its own crawler and various <a href="https://help.duckduckgo.com/results/sources">other sources</a> to provide its search data.

  <h4>Notes</h4>
  The company is based in the <span class="flag-icon flag-icon-us"></span> USA.

  Their <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> 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'