SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives Learn more →
Bangs Alternatives
Similar projects and alternatives to bangs
-
-
SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
-
-
-
-
MarginaliaSearch
Internet search engine for text-oriented websites. Indexing the small, old and weird web.
-
-
-
-
fuzzygraph
Graphs where equations are not only exactly true, but close to true. Instead of black lines on a white background, this creates beautiful gradients.
-
-
-
-
-
NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better bangs alternative or higher similarity.
bangs discussion
bangs reviews and mentions
Posts with mentions or reviews of bangs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-06-04.
-
Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites
I'm not sure if this is trolling, but we offer both. Even custom bangs, and you can also use Kagi's Bangs: https://github.com/kagisearch/bangs
-
Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore
While there are good alternatives like DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, or Ecosia, there are also ad-free alternatives, where you're not the product, like Kagi [1] or Uruky [2] (I co-founded Uruky, which is also currently and for the foreseeable future "No-AI")!
[1]: https://kagi.com
[2]: https://uruky.com
-
A new era for AI Search
PSA: kagi is a great search that still actually searches, allows you to customize results, and only uses ai when you ask for it. Only catch is that it's a pay service. Definitely worth it IMO. Not affiliated, just a happy user.
https://kagi.com
- Ask Jeeves Shut Down
-
Website Is Not for You
When I first read the title, my reaction was: how dare they say my website isn't for me? Of course it is. It's my space to share thoughts, jot down notes from things I come across, publish small tools, and so on. That made me click through and see how the article could possibly argue otherwise.
Then I realised that the article talks about business websites, not personal websites. Quoting from the article:
> The website isn't for the founder, the marketing manager, or the board. It's for the person you've never met - the customer weighing up a purchase, the lead chasing a phone number, the visitor sizing up your credibility or the member signing up to access gated content.
Yes, I agree. While not really a business, I've always liked <https://nhs.uk/>. I especially like the A-Z section where we can find details about a large number of medical conditions. Among actual businesses (small ones particularly) I like https://buttondown.com/ and https://kagi.com/ quite a bit.
- Kagi's retro April first home page
- Kagi: April 1, 1996
-
Show HN: My not-for-profit search engine with no ads, no AI, & all DDG bangs
(replying to dead reply downthread)
Kagi (custom) bangs[1] already supports `!cobalt `
I just added !cobalt to my custom bangs as `https://cobalt.meowing.de#%s`, and it works.
Kagi also accepts new public bangs: https://github.com/kagisearch/bangs#contribution-guidelines
Kagi bangs are free for everyone (a subscription is required for regular search).
- Example of how to use Kagi bangs without subscription: https://kagi.com/search?q=!chatgpt+TEST
- https://zbang.leftium.com/ uses Kagi bangs under the hood.
[1]: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/features/bangs.html#custom-bangs
-
Tell HN: DuckDuckGo doesn't have bangs for Chatbots like ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini
Kagi maintains an update-to-date list of bangs[1]:
- Kagi redirects bang searches even if you are not a member/logged in
- ChatGPT: https://kagi.com/search?q=!chatgpt+test
- Grok: https://kagi.com/search?q=!grok+test
- Copilot (sadly copilot no longer accepts queries from the url params): https://kagi.com/search?q=copilot
- no redirect bang yet for Gemini; you can open an issue and/or pull request
- there are internal Kagi bangs gemini: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Akagisearch%2Fbangs+gemini...
[1]: https://github.com/kagisearch/bangs
-
Routr: Fast local replacement for DuckDuckGo bangs
> Typing `article about german war in the stone age !!g` becomes: `site:en.wikipedia.org "german" AND "war" AND "stone age"`
I wonder how much of that could be done without AI, just (locally) using https://www.npmjs.com/package/compromise
---
Also I couldn't find your source for bang data; Kagi maintains an updated list: https://github.com/kagisearch/bangs
I'm working on an enhanced version of bangs. Since there are so many "dead" bangs, I'm thinking of using a bang whitelist and suggestions from the full list if not found in the whitelist.
-
A note from our sponsor - SaaSHub
www.saashub.com | 15 Jun 2026
Stats
Basic bangs repo stats
18
351
9.7
5 days ago
kagisearch/bangs is an open source project licensed under MIT License which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of bangs is Ruby.
Sponsored
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews
SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
www.saashub.com