Add Unduck extension

[lacherogwu]

Description

A fast, local-first "search engine" for !bang users

As of now, two pull requests have been created to add this extension. However, with all due respect to the developers, their implementation is not optimal. They are not using it locally, and as you know, Raycast is a state-of-the-art software that deserves state-of-the-art extensions. 🌟

Here are references to those pull requests:

• Add unducklink extension #17297
• Add unduck-search extension #17406

[EDIT]
I just found another pull request that also implements local functionality. It takes a different approach and no longer resembles the source. Additionally, it uses a database, which might not be necessary, and doesn't fully utilize Raycast's APIs, which is unfortunate.

• Add DuckDuckGo Bangs inspired search-plus extension #17418

Unduck

DuckDuckGo's bang redirects are too slow. Add the following URL as a custom search engine to your browser. Enables all of DuckDuckGo's bangs to work, but much faster.

https://unduck.link?q=%s

How is it that much faster?

DuckDuckGo does their redirects server side. Their DNS is...not always great. Result is that it often takes ages.

I solved this by doing all of the work client side. Once you've went to https://unduck.link once, the JS is all cache'd and will never need to be downloaded again. Your device does the redirects, not me.

Credits

Unduck by Theo

Screencast

You can use it regularly, and I highly recommend it as a fallback command.

CleanShot.2025-02-28.at.15.28.26.mp4

Checklist

• I read the extension guidelines
• I read the documentation about publishing
• I ran npm run build and tested this distribution build in Raycast
• I checked that files in the assets folder are used by the extension itself
• I checked that assets used by the README are placed outside of the metadata folder

[raycastbot]

Congratulations on your new Raycast extension! 🚀

Due to our current reduced availability, the initial review may take up to 10-15 business days

Once the PR is approved and merged, the extension will be available on our Store.