# 4get

6 Hacker News commenters recommended 4get and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend 4get as a fast, free proxy search engine that combines many search engines in one results page. Some instances block users, and one commenter warned about NSFW header images.

## What people warn about

- Instances can block users (1 comments): "Your browser, IP or IP range has been blocked from this 4get instance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45854329))
- Some header images NSFW (1 comments): "Just a warning that some of the search header images are NSFW." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45854446))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Kagi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kagi.md): 732 recommend
- [DuckDuckGo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/duckduckgo.md): 286 recommend
- [SearXNG](https://hackerapproved.com/p/searxng.md): 76 recommend
- [Brave Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brave-search.md): 67 recommend
- [Startpage](https://hackerapproved.com/p/startpage.md): 25 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://4get.ca/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "4get", https://hackerapproved.com/p/4get/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).