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https://github.com/jarun/googler
Screenshot of Googler in action when it's nice and clean
I would love this as an actual command or even a telnet/ssh server!
I have not tried it yet, but might fill your need.
Looks amazing, but does any search > 3 characters fail for anyone else?
From what I could garner it uses the public DuckDuckGo Instant Answers API[0], which only returns results for specific queries (try "Microsoft", then try something obscure). This is most likely causing your issue. [0]: https://duckduckgo.com/api
$ 2 + 2
[:66] [object Object]
-- Type 'm' for more results.
$ m
-- End of search results.
Hmm. Well, learned stuff. Still don't know why the above don't work.
https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/search/?q=ipv6&restrict_...
They were able to create a fake TTY for searching the web, but they still don't support IPv6. https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/search/?q=ipv6&restrict_...
Anyways, if someone can't get to non-v6 resources, they have bigger problems than not being able to use DDG. There is a single class of operator for whom v6 deployment actually makes sense, which is large-scale ISPs for whom CGNAT presents an onerous burden on their reporting/monitoring requirements to law enforcement.
Everyone else is just rolling v6 out to meet the requirement of a client (typically government) contract. It's purely additive complexity and for most people, doesn't actually solve any problems they really have.
They were able to create a fake TTY for searching the web, but they still don't support IPv6. https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/search/?q=ipv6&restrict_...
Yeesh, the ignorance of the folks in those threads. Painful. Anyways, if someone can't get to non-v6 resources, they have bigger problems than not being able to use DDG. There is a single class of operator for whom v6 deployment actually makes sense, which is large-scale ISPs for whom CGNAT presents an onerous burden on their reporting/monitoring requirements to law enforcement. Everyone else is just rolling v6 out t…