ddg-now

This is a command-line application that allows you to get a random duck.com email address.

This is an alternative to the Extension by Duck Duck Go, but does not require you to change your default search engine to Duck Duck Go, unlike the extension.

Installation

Via NPM

npm install -g ddg-now

Or install manually

1. Clone the project
2. cd into dir
3. run npm install in dir
4. run npm run build in the dir

Running

Open your terminal and run ddg-now

For the first time running, you will need to provide your DDG key, if you don't know this, follow the instructions in app.

Reset Key

To run ddg-now and also reset the saved key, run ddg-now with the parameter resetKey

i.e. ddg-now --resetKey

Tech

This was created with ink which brings react syntax to CLI apps

Couldn't you just use Python or something?

Yes

Issues

If any issues occur when running, update Node.js.

If you have done this and the issue remains, Open a GitHub Issue

Example