duckduckgo/duckduckgo
DuckDuckGo Instant Answer Infrastructure observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5706
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1419
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1818 stars · 237 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
DuckDuckGo's Instant Answer infrastructure (DuckDuckHack), a Perl-based platform for building instant answer plugins that display rich results on DuckDuckGo search. The project entered maintenance mode in 2015 and the repository is now archived and unmaintained.
Use cases
- build instant answer plugins for duckduckgo search
- understand how duckduckgo instant answers worked
- fork the duckduckhack platform for a custom search engine
- study perl-based search result extension architecture
- contribute spice or goodie instant answers historically
When to choose
- you need to study or fork the historical DuckDuckHack instant answer platform
- you maintain a legacy Perl instant answer integration
When to avoid
- you want to build instant answers for DuckDuckGo today - the platform is archived and unsupported
- you need a maintained search extension framework
- you want to report DuckDuckGo bugs or suggest features - use the site's Feedback button instead
Facets
framework · maturity abandoned
search-engine web-framework api-framework web-development developer-tools cross-platform duckduckgo instant-answers duckduckhack archived perl search-spice search web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo · fetched 2026-08-28 · d4d3b1430a95
- homepage: http://duckduckhack.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 17430d4891c0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| duckduckgo/duckduckgo | main | 10 |
For agents
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