Private Browsers & Search

Browse and search with Brave on iOS, with ad blocking and web privacy features listed on the App Store.

DuckDuckGo HTML offers private search for browsers with JavaScript disabled, according to the search page’s description.

Yang is a browser extension for using DuckDuckGo bang shortcuts from anywhere, with project details and source code on GitHub.

DuckDuckGo provides bang shortcuts that send searches directly to thousands of other websites.

Brave is a web browser for desktop and mobile that blocks tracking software; its site also lists Brave Search and a device-wide VPN.

YaCy is a distributed peer-to-peer web search engine and intranet search appliance.

Search the web with Metasearch, a privacy-focused engine whose source code is hosted on GitHub.

An independent web search engine, Mojeek provides web, image, and news search and states that it does not track users.

SearXNG documentation covers search syntax, settings, configured engines, and installation for administrators running a private instance.

Browse with Firefox Focus, a mobile privacy browser with automatic tracking protection and history deletion.

Listed as a proxy search engine, 4get offers public instances and an API, according to its site navigation and project description.

Search the web with this privacy-focused metasearch engine, which says it avoids AI-generated results.

LibreWolf WinUpdater helps update installed or portable LibreWolf instances on Windows, with a separate Chromium updater fork also linked.

Harden Firefox privacy and anti-tracking settings with the arkenfox user.js configuration template.

Apply Phoenix configurations and modifications to Mozilla Firefox for privacy, security, and usability.

Developed by Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project, Mullvad Browser is designed to minimize tracking and browser fingerprinting.

DuckDuckGo No-AI provides private search with AI features removed, including filtering AI-generated images from image results by default.

SlimBrave-Neo hardens and reduces Brave Browser features using Chromium enterprise policies, with a terminal interface on Linux and macOS.

Configure DNSCrypt, DoH, DoT, UDP, or TCP resolvers with DNSveil, a DNS client for Windows.

Browse the web through Tor on iOS with Onion Browser, which encrypts traffic through the Tor network.

Customize Firefox with Phoenix, a set of configurations and modifications focused on privacy, security, and usability.

Sigma is a private AI browser with a built-in AI agent, local AI, and an ad blocker.

YaCy is free search engine software for local or organization-wide portals and a decentralized peer-to-peer web index.

Search Engine Party compares popular search engines using security and privacy data points, with contributor research and update links.