quack

Zero configuration DuckDuckGo + Bing CLI search & page content fetcher with JSON outputs.

Install

Releases

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/zyoung11/quack.git
cd quack
go build -ldflags="-s -w" .

Usage

Search (parallel DDG + Bing, DDG preferred):

quack KEYWORDS... [options]

Fetch page content:

quack URL

Options

Flag	Description
-n N	Result count (default 10)
-t SPAN	Time range: d, w, m, y
-w SITE	Restrict to site (domain or domain/path)
-r REG	Region (default us-en), e.g. cn-zh
-e E	Force engine: ddg or bing (default: both)
-v	Print version
-h	Print help

Search queries both DuckDuckGo and Bing simultaneously. Output includes a "source" field indicating which engine was used.

Examples

quack golang -n 5
quack -e bing "golang" -n 5
quack "AI news" -n 10 -t w -r cn-zh
quack -w "go.dev" "golang"
quack https://go.dev/blog/

Output

Both modes return JSON with a timestamp field (UTC). Search results include a "source" field ("ddg" or "bing"). Fetched pages include description and published when found in HTML meta tags.