{"slug": "duckduckgo-browser", "name": "DuckDuckGo Browser", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 6, "warners": 1, "score": 2.361, "rising": 1.35, "first": "2025-12-13", "latest": "2026-09-24", "why": "DuckDuckGo is the browser I use most all the time.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "DuckDuckGo is the browser I use most all the time.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://duckduckgo.com/app", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["DuckDuckGo Browser"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 792700656, "item_id": 49543791, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49543791", "by": "CommenterPerson", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Use adblocking anti tracking browser (I use Duck, alt suggestions welcome).", "excerpt": "Here are some things I try: Turn off Notifications. Turn off location services except when navigating or calling the taxi. Uninstall as many apps as possible, use browser. Use adblocking anti tracking browser (I use Duck, alt suggestions welcome). Report unknown / unwanted senders as spam. That said, I am a NEWS ADDICT. There are four world leaders whose downfall I eagerly await, and frequently check the news for thi", "context": "", "use_case": "private browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Making the Internet Boring"}, {"id": 788972752, "item_id": 49310797, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310797", "by": "davidfischer", "date": "2026-08-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use DDG on Android and it works pretty well there.", "excerpt": "I use DDG on Android and it works pretty well there. I also saw this line in the article and it's somewhat of a stretch to call DDG either a \"major\" browser (as you point out) or a \"non-Chromium browser\". My understanding is it uses the browser engine bundled with the OS on Android/iOS/Mac/Windows and it isn't available for Linux. The wikipedia article on it says: > The core browser functionality is the WebView compo", "context": "Android user", "use_case": "mobile browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"}, {"id": 740161152, "item_id": 46260072, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46260072", "by": "CommenterPerson", "date": "2025-12-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "DuckDuckGo is the browser I use most all the time.", "excerpt": "Firstly, Thank you to the entire DuckDuckGo team. DuckDuckGo is the browser I use most all the time. Any product that stops or reduces tracking and surveillance capitalism, I am happy to use and support. Do you have plans to build an email service without the tracking? Would love to hear thoughts about this. There may be users willing to pay a small monthly fee for this.", "context": "", "use_case": "private browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo"}, {"id": 740150608, "item_id": 46259413, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46259413", "by": "mark_l_watson", "date": "2025-12-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the DDG browser about 80% of the time.", "excerpt": "I use the DDG browser about 80% of the time. Duck.ai is an interesting product, like Proton\u2019s AI chatbot - both privacy preserving.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 773748593, "item_id": 48359287, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359287", "by": "gattac_janitor", "date": "2026-06-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I tried their browser but I was getting a lot of 'this browswer is no longer supported messages'.", "excerpt": "I switched to duckduckgo last week and i am really loving it. I tried their browser but I was getting a lot of 'this browswer is no longer supported messages'. I think I will try brave next.", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms"}]}], "who": [{"by": "davidfischer", "context": "Android user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310797", "date": "2026-08-15"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["private browsing", "browsing on a tablet", "mobile browsing", "web browsing", "work and mobile browsing", "daily browsing"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46258529", "title": "Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49831968", "title": "F-Droid 2.0", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49502367", "title": "Making the Internet Boring", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303202", "title": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359130", "title": "DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"warn": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 797319937, "item_id": 49832496, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49832496", "by": "QuantumNomad_", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "including the DuckDuckGo browser that I use on it", "excerpt": "I have a slow, crappy tablet I bought on Temu. It is not my main device, nor even my secondary device. It\u2019s basically just a device I bought for cheap hoping that maybe I was lucky and it was actually pretty snappy. It\u2019s not snappy :( I occasionally watch a couple of YouTube videos on it and read a couple of HN posts on it, when my phone is out of battery or when I\u2019m doing a backup of my phone and have left the phone", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing on a tablet", "switched_from": "", "story": "F-Droid 2.0"}, {"id": 792700656, "item_id": 49543791, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49543791", "by": "CommenterPerson", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Use adblocking anti tracking browser (I use Duck, alt suggestions welcome).", "excerpt": "Here are some things I try: Turn off Notifications. Turn off location services except when navigating or calling the taxi. Uninstall as many apps as possible, use browser. Use adblocking anti tracking browser (I use Duck, alt suggestions welcome). Report unknown / unwanted senders as spam. That said, I am a NEWS ADDICT. There are four world leaders whose downfall I eagerly await, and frequently check the news for thi", "context": "", "use_case": "private browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Making the Internet Boring"}, {"id": 788972752, "item_id": 49310797, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310797", "by": "davidfischer", "date": "2026-08-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use DDG on Android and it works pretty well there.", "excerpt": "I use DDG on Android and it works pretty well there. I also saw this line in the article and it's somewhat of a stretch to call DDG either a \"major\" browser (as you point out) or a \"non-Chromium browser\". My understanding is it uses the browser engine bundled with the OS on Android/iOS/Mac/Windows and it isn't available for Linux. The wikipedia article on it says: > The core browser functionality is the WebView compo", "context": "Android user", "use_case": "mobile browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"}, {"id": 773748593, "item_id": 48359287, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359287", "by": "gattac_janitor", "date": "2026-06-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I tried their browser but I was getting a lot of 'this browswer is no longer supported messages'.", "excerpt": "I switched to duckduckgo last week and i am really loving it. I tried their browser but I was getting a lot of 'this browswer is no longer supported messages'. I think I will try brave next.", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms"}, {"id": 740164960, "item_id": 46260310, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46260310", "by": "mgd", "date": "2025-12-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use DDG browser for work and mobile and Firefox on Guix.", "excerpt": "I understand that having the DDG browser on Linux is difficult. It would be great if there was a way to just sync bookmarks and passwords using the browser extension for other browsers. I use DDG browser for work and mobile and Firefox on Guix.", "context": "", "use_case": "work and mobile browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo"}, {"id": 740161152, "item_id": 46260072, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46260072", "by": "CommenterPerson", "date": "2025-12-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "DuckDuckGo is the browser I use most all the time.", "excerpt": "Firstly, Thank you to the entire DuckDuckGo team. DuckDuckGo is the browser I use most all the time. Any product that stops or reduces tracking and surveillance capitalism, I am happy to use and support. Do you have plans to build an email service without the tracking? Would love to hear thoughts about this. There may be users willing to pay a small monthly fee for this.", "context": "", "use_case": "private browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo"}, {"id": 740150608, "item_id": 46259413, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46259413", "by": "mark_l_watson", "date": "2025-12-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the DDG browser about 80% of the time.", "excerpt": "I use the DDG browser about 80% of the time. Duck.ai is an interesting product, like Proton\u2019s AI chatbot - both privacy preserving.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo"}]}