4get
Shares rank 31 of 38 search engines by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Instances can block users
“Your browser, IP or IP range has been blocked from this 4get instance”
Comment from 8 Nov 2025 in “Mullvad: Shutting down our search proxy Leta” Some header images NSFW
“Just a warning that some of the search header images are NSFW.”
Comment from 8 Nov 2025 in “Mullvad: Shutting down our search proxy Leta”
Other search engines people recommend
The four most recommended other search engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagi | 732 | 234 | 76% | 13 | 2 yrs106 owners | Approved |
| Google Search | 315 | 1,039 | 23% | 12 | 20 yrs25 owners | — |
| DuckDuckGo | 286 | 204 | 58% | 12 | 3.5 yrs47 owners | — |
| Hister | 81 | 9 | 90% | 9 | 2 mo17 owners | Approved |
| 4getThis page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It has all the search engines combined in one (you can simply switch between them and see all available results).”
“I've taken a look at 4get.ca, which is Canadian apparently (I am too), it's really good.”
“the guy who writes it is rather talented at coming up with and maintaining workarounds”
“it used the phrase "globohomo bullshit"”
“It's really useful because it is faster than google, and if you need to find some pages you can just change the search engine quickly.”
“Just a warning that some of the search header images are NSFW.”
“Your browser, IP or IP range has been blocked from this 4get instance”
“as a proxy it's pretty good”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.