# DuckDuckGo Lite

7 Hacker News commenters recommended DuckDuckGo Lite and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fast, plain search page that works in text browsers and on slow connections. One critic says it blocks users who look past 200 results.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast and works in text browsers (1 comments): "Very fast and compatible with minimalistic web browser like lynx." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46261187))
- Usable on slow or metered connections (1 comments): "I use it often when on very slow or metered connections" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599720))
- Captcha easier than most (1 comments): "far better that any other captcha I have ever seen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45828295))
- Avoids search bubbles (1 comments): "if you don't want bubblification" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49155983))

## What people warn about

- Blocks deep result pages as bots (1 comments): "automatically block anyone who looks deeper than 200 search results as a bot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359447))

## 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://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "DuckDuckGo Lite", https://hackerapproved.com/p/duckduckgo-lite/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).