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Alternatives

Projects similar to Trovu.

Yubnub

  • It's also OpenSource, MIT license.
  • No custom (personal) shortcuts are possible.
  • Multiple arguments need more typing (-optionname argument)
  • English-centric: Dictionaries only from/to English. Trovu solves this with namespaces.
  • Yubnub processes queries on the server (so you share all your searches with them). Trovu processes entirely in your browser.

DuckDuckGo

  • Is a full web search engine
  • but also offers so-called !bangs
  • Those bangs can only take 1 argument.
  • To add or edit them, one must message their support.