Bangs for Google

Use DuckDuckGo Bangs in the Google Search
What is Bangs for Google?
"Bangs for Google" is a Firefox add-on that allows you to use DuckDuckGo's "Bangs" in the Google Search and Onmibox. It quickly redirects you to DuckDuckGo whenever you use a bang.

Add-on stats

By: vantezzen
Users: 65 ▼ -1
Rating: 4.50 (4)
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2020-07-08)
Creation date: 2020-07-08
Weekly download count: 3
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • 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*
  • See more
Size: 48.20K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Bangs for Google (v1.1)
5.00 (1) 367
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Add-on summary

"Bangs for Google" allows you to use DuckDuckGo's "Bangs" in the Google Search and Onmibox. It uses the "webRequest" API to quickly redirect you to DuckDuckGo whenever you use a bang.

The full source code of this extension is available on https://github.com/vantezzen/bangs-for-google, if you find any issues or have a question please visit https://github.com/vantezzen/bangs-for-google/issues.

This extension needs the following permissions:

  • "webRequest" and "webRequestBlocking": These permissions are needed to redirect you to DuckDuckGo whenever you search for a bang on Google
  • "http://www.google.*/search*" (=> "Read and change you data on google.com"): This permission is needed, so this extension can access your Google search query to check if you are search for a !Bang.

We do not collect or save any usage or other data about the users of this extension.

This extension is not affiliated to Google in any way!

User reviews

it works, but you can only add bangs at the beginning and not the end or in the middle of a query
by rubybirdy, 2024-04-15

by catlop, 2022-12-09
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Bangs for Google requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Bangs for Google has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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