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The main part that is open source is this: https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo "This repository contains the cor
by torsel 12y ago
The main part that is open source is this:
https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo
"This repository contains the core code responsible for triggering and handling the DuckDuckHack instant answers. It is the base of the DuckDuckHack Instant Answer infrastructure."
I bet some people will critique the extent to which this is open source. Still, I it is a very cool platform, and I think it will only help to democratize access to different websites and sources of data.
Some people will probably not want to work on this for free (for a for-profit company), but I'm sure some people will do it purely from the desire to improve their search results.
- rsl7 12y agoMost people don't use that directly, though. Most contribute an instant answer to either the "spice" (external api, like recipes) or "goodies" (self-contained functions) repos, https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-spice https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-spice and https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies. What motivates someone to contribute to DuckDuckGo? It's fun, useful, and your work can potentially be shown at the top of the search results page for millions of people. disclaimer: I work for DuckDuckGo.
- grimman 12y agoYou could probably find a better way of communicating the location of these repos. A while back I was looking to contribute but my efforts to even find an entry-point were in vain. This wasn't at all aided by the newfangled new-user-introduction page you made a while back (which is great, don't get me wrong) that seems to have hi-jacked the previous URI holding information aimed at people in my position.