
Interestingly, this method works for adding ANY custom search engine XML to Firefox in general, which I have also been trying to know how to do (without editing tedious XML/json files in the profile folder and having to restart Firefox, yuck) for years and years, and now I know, boo-ya! Do it and you can now search from the Firefox bar with Tor hidden service anonymity, forever!įYI, the info on adding the tag was found at: /en-US/Add-ons/Creating_OpenSearch_plugins_for_Firefox On that page, the tag tells Firefox that a custom search engine is to be found on this page! Go to the search bar and use the drop-down arrow on the left, and you'll see 'Add "DuckDuckGo Lite Tor". Load the html sandbox code, and a blank page will be the result (but code obviously in the source). E.g.: and it's Raw-Link.įind a 'HTML sandbox' site that provides a template for a browser-readable HTML page (a great one that requires no JS and is on HTTPS is ), and put in the section this tag: Now upload the XML file to a temporary file sharing service that can provide a direct http link of your modified XML file.

If you want family filter censoring turned off (or apply any other cookie-free settings by going to with JavaScript on and clicking on 'Show Bookmarklet and Settings Data' to get the relevant parameter), put the following line above the existing tag line. In the line, modify the name if you want to differentiate it from the existing one or just make it clear to yourself it's the Tor DDG.


For extra security and privacy, double check that https is included in the url strings - HTTPS works on. Modify the XML on your computer to replace all instances of with 3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion. Do it by right-clicking on the 'Download Now' button on the add-on page and 'save link as' to save the. Download an existing 'opensearch' XML file for one of the DuckDuckGo provider add-ons, such as the 'Lite' version (or the 'html' version which is also non-JS by default): or /en-us/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-html/.
