Bong: Open Source Alternative of DuckDuckGo Now Can Work On Your Own Server
DuckDuckGo, an important place among the privacy-oriented search engines, offers users a powerful feature called bang (!bang). This feature makes it possible to address other sites instantly using special symbols in search queries. Bong appeared as the ** open source version** of this functionality and gives users the opportunity to run on their servers.
The project offers the following advantages:
- A solution developed completely open source code and shared on GitHub
- The possibility of hosting (self-hosted) on your own server, no external dependence Home
- The capacity of using DuckDuckGo bang system in the local environment
- Flexible distribution with special installation and configuration options
- Ability to create independent search infrastructure for privacy-related developers
Bong is a project in the early stage, though Hacker News has been noticed by the community. In open source movement, it is an important potential for users and developers who want to be independent of central services. Specifically, corporate search solutions or history-oriented offers an interesting alternative to self-hosted bang system for organizations.
The development of the project continues and community contributions are expected. Bong for users looking for a bang feature of DuckDuckGo but a non-centered option, is a means of discovery.