# Duckduck Bang! > A firefox addon which adds bangs (known from duckduckgo) to various search engines. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/tt7753bang](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tt7753bang) ## Overview - **ID:** `tt7753bang` - **Platform:** Firefox - **Type:** Firefox add-on - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** sophie.glk - **Category:** search-tools,other - **Daily users:** 424 - **Weekly downloads:** 6 - **Rating:** 4.95 / 5 (20 ratings) - **Version:** 2.8 - **Last updated:** 2023-12-30 - **First published:** 2019-01-21 - **Size:** 550 KB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-08 - **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tt7753bang/) - **Website:** [https://github.com/sophie-glk/bang](https://github.com/sophie-glk/bang) ## Description Duckduck Bang! is a powerful Firefox extension that integrates DuckDuckGo-style bangs into multiple popular search engines including Bing, Ecosia, Qwant, Google, and Startpage. This addon enhances your search experience by allowing quick navigation using !bang shortcuts directly within these engines. The extension supports custom bangs through a user-friendly preferences page, giving you complete control over your search shortcuts. Additionally, you can customize the bang prefix symbol (for example, switching from the default '!' to '#') to suit your preferences. Duckduck Bang! is open source, with its code available on GitHub for transparency and community contribution. Enhance your Firefox browsing with efficient and customizable search bangs today! ## Rankings - #5,493 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `webRequest` - `tabs` - `storage` - `webRequestBlocking` ### Host permissions - `https://duckduckgo.com/bang_lite.html` - `http://www.google.com/search*` - `http://www.google.co.jp/search*` - `http://www.google.co.uk/search*` - `http://www.google.es/search*` - `http://www.google.ca/search*` - `http://www.google.de/search*` - `http://www.google.it/search*` - `http://www.google.fr/search*` - `http://www.google.com.au/search*` - `http://www.google.com.tw/search*` - `http://www.google.nl/search*` - `http://www.google.com.br/search*` - `http://www.google.com.tr/search*` - `http://www.google.be/search*` - `http://www.google.com.gr/search*` - `http://www.google.co.in/search*` - `http://www.google.com.mx/search*` - `http://www.google.dk/search*` - `http://www.google.com.ar/search*` - `http://www.google.ch/search*` - `http://www.google.cl/search*` - `http://www.google.at/search*` - `http://www.google.co.kr/search*` - `http://www.google.ie/search*` - `http://www.google.com.co/search*` - `http://www.google.pl/search*` - `http://www.google.pt/search*` - `http://www.google.com.pk/search*` - `https://www.google.com/search*` - `https://www.google.co.jp/search*` - `https://www.google.co.uk/search*` - `https://www.google.es/search*` - `https://www.google.ca/search*` - `https://www.google.de/search*` - `https://www.google.it/search*` - `https://www.google.fr/search*` - `https://www.google.com.au/search*` - `https://www.google.com.tw/search*` - `https://www.google.nl/search*` - `https://www.google.com.br/search*` - `https://www.google.com.tr/search*` - `https://www.google.be/search*` - `https://www.google.com.gr/search*` - `https://www.google.co.in/search*` - `https://www.google.com.mx/search*` - `https://www.google.dk/search*` - `https://www.google.com.ar/search*` - `https://www.google.ch/search*` - `https://www.google.cl/search*` - `https://www.google.at/search*` - `https://www.google.co.kr/search*` - `https://www.google.ie/search*` - `https://www.google.com.co/search*` - `https://www.google.pl/search*` - `https://www.google.pt/search*` - `https://www.google.com.pk/search*` - `https://*.startpage.com/do/dsearch*` - `https://*.startpage.com/do/metasearch.pl*` - `https://www.bing.com/search*` - `https://*.ecosia.org/search*` - `https://*.qwant.com/*` ### Content script matches - `*.startpage.com` ## Safety - **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact - **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood ### Analysis details - Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern. - This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe. > Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing). ## Review summary ### Pros - Insanely convenient and simple to use - Ability to easily add and customize BANGs - Faster than native DuckDuckGo bangs - High level of personalization - Open source, allowing community contributions for improvements ### Cons - Changing the prefix doesn't work as intended ## Similar extensions and apps - [Search Bangs](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-bangs) — 1 users - [!bang](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bang) — 20 users, 5.00 / 5 - [DuckDuckBang!](https://chrome-stats.com/d/duckduckbang1) — 15 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Banger](https://chrome-stats.com/d/banger) — 28 users, 4.60 / 5 - [Custom Bangs](https://chrome-stats.com/d/custom-bangs) — 1 users - [Custom Bang Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/custombangsearch) — 142 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Search DuckDuckGo bangs](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-duckduckgo-bangs) — 16 users, 4.22 / 5 - [DuckDuckGo Bangs](https://chrome-stats.com/d/duckduckgo-bangs) — 11 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Yang! - Yet Another Bangs anywhere extension](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yang-addon) — 278 users, 4.72 / 5 - [!Bang Quick Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bang-quick-search) — 12 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Bangs for Google](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bangs-for-google) — 35 users, 4.33 / 5 - [Go Bangs Ext](https://chrome-stats.com/d/go-bangs-ext) --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tt7753bang)