# FrogFind

5 Hacker News commenters recommended FrogFind and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A web search service that returns results as basic HTML, so old and minimal browsers can use it. People recommend it as the simplest way to search from those browsers.

## Why people recommend it

- Converts results to basic HTML (1 comments): "it automatically converts results into basic HTML" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47915260))
- Seen as the best option (1 comments): "Better off just using http://frogfind.com/" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49372342))
- Seen as what is needed (1 comments): "From that view, something like frog find is what is needed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48051651))

## 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

## Cite as

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