# DuckDuckGo noai search

11 Hacker News commenters recommended DuckDuckGo noai search and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a search engine that leaves out AI-generated answers, citing decent results, real sources, no hallucination risk and lower energy use.

## Why people recommend it

- Used as default or fallback search (4 comments): "I've been using DuckDuckGo's NoAI version as a fallback, and I've had great results so far" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50293368)) "I've started to go low-tech and ask noai.duckduckgo.com first" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294231)) "For now I'm sticking to noai.duckduckgo.com" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395084))
- Good search results (2 comments): "I've been using DuckDuckGo's NoAI version as a fallback, and I've had great results so far" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50293368)) "Decent search results, actual sources, no risk of hallucination, no extreme energy cost." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48847152))
- AI-free option offered (2 comments): "they even do us the courtesy to still maintain an AI-free version" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48222549)) "I love that they offer noai.duckduckgo.com" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46261471))
- Easy to add to browsers (2 comments): "I just added this as a search engine in Firefox, thanks for the heads-up." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156269)) "you could set it yourself as default search" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195918))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Google Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-search.md): 315 recommend
- [Yandex Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yandex.md): 79 recommend
- [Marginalia Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/marginalia-search.md): 50 recommend
- [Bing](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bing.md): 33 recommend
- [Ecosia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ecosia.md): 24 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://noai.duckduckgo.com/)

## Cite as

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