| DuckDuckGo Private Browser | |
|---|---|
| Engines | Blink (Android, Windows)[1] WebKit (iOS, macOS)[1] |
| Operating system | Android,iOS,macOS,Windows |
| License | Freeware (the underlyingWebView components provided by the operating systems) though DuckDuckGo's custom code for Android and iOS is shared with anApache-2.0 license[2][3] |
| Website | https://duckduckgo.com/app |
DuckDuckGo Private Browser is aweb browser created byDuckDuckGo Inc.[4] It is aprivacy-oriented browser available forAndroid,iOS,macOS, andWindows.[5]
The core browser functionality is theWebView component provided by theoperating system.[1] This means thebrowser engine isBlink on Android and Windows, andWebKit on iOS and macOS.
DuckDuckGo Private Browser was first released forAndroid andiOS in 2018.[12]Desktop support began in 2022, with thebeta version formacOS.[13][14] The beta version forWindows was released in 2023.[1][15]
In May 2022, an independent researcher discovered thatMicrosoft products, likeBing andLinkedIn, contained tracking scripts that were not blocked by the browser.[16] DuckDuckGo's founder and CEO explained the company was "currently contractually restricted by Microsoft" due to their use of Bing's data to power the DuckDuckGo search engine.[17] In August 2022, however, the company announced that they would block Microsoft trackers.[18]