Type in a command, or "ls dictionary" to search all commands for "dictionary", etc.

The Most-Used Commands

Tip: For a list of particularly interesting Yubnub commands, check out Yubnub Golden Eggs. Also see the Most-Used Commands.
Tip: You can search the descriptions by typing "ls [word or phrase]". For example, to search for all commands about music, type "ls music".

gru
Поиск страниц на русском с помощью www.google.ru. Performs a Google search in Russian using the given keywords. Чтобы найти какие-либо слова, просто укажите их вслед за командой. Пример: gru мама мыла раму (Ищет `мама мыла раму' в интернете среди страниц на русском языке) Пример: gru (Переходит на страницу www.google.ru…
1128 uses - Created 2006-07-19 22:29:04 - Last used 2025-07-03 06:10:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.ru/{eop search?hl=ru&q=@%s@&btnG=Поиск&lr=lang_ru}

compete
SnapShots are smart profiles of the websites we visit. Simply enter a domain (e.g. amazon.com) and SnapShot will provide traffic history, a trust assessment and a list of all available coupon codes. Example: compete yubnub.org
1127 uses - Created 2007-05-18 18:51:02 - Last used 2023-05-17 17:50:47 - Nominate - Description - http://snapshot.compete.com/%s

dm
A shortened version of the DMotion command, which lets you search the French video sharing site, DailyMotion.com.
1126 uses - Created 2005-07-12 10:29:34 - Last used 2025-06-28 07:22:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dailymotion.com/search/%s[use %20 for spaces]

pi-search
SYNOPSIS pi-search [number] EXAMPLES pi-search 911 pi-search [your birthday] Searches for any number inside pi. If pi is a "normal" number (currently unknown), any finite sequence of digits should occur inside pi.
1123 uses - Created 2005-09-02 09:05:58 - Last used 2023-05-18 12:32:01 - Nominate - Description - http://koem.kicks-ass.net/cgi-bin/pisearch.cgi?digits=%s&action=search

synonym
Finds synonyms for term
1123 uses - Created 2007-10-20 08:32:26 - Last used 2025-05-25 18:34:06 - Nominate - Description - http://synonym.com/synonyms/%s/

yub
Shortcut to the YubNub front page.
1121 uses - Created 2005-06-24 07:13:23 - Last used 2025-03-14 08:58:12 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/

2
Opens 2 yubnub frames.
1121 uses - Created 2007-02-05 09:10:05 - Last used 2025-05-21 15:35:23 - Nominate - Description - split http://yubnub.org http://yubnub.org

book
Find a book - you can use author, title, or isbn.
1120 uses - Created 2005-12-28 01:10:16 - Last used 2025-06-28 19:45:04 - Nominate - Description - http://chainreading.com/books/%s

fstb
SYNOPSIS fstb [search term] -type [file type] EXAMPLES fstb fstb Need for Speed fstb parkour -type wmv Searches http://www.filestube.com for specified search term using the site's basic search function. Possible values for type parameter are All (default), avi, mp3, mpeg, mpg, rar, wma, wmv, and zip. Executed without parameters the command defaults to the front page.
1118 uses - Created 2008-07-19 03:36:15 - Last used 2014-12-01 18:11:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filestube.com/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then search.html?q=%s&select=${type=all}}

rapd
Searches the 4Chan Rapidshare directory. It scrapes Megaupload / Rapidshare links posted to 4Chan boards and archives them, and the whole thing is searchable.
1118 uses - Created 2008-08-05 05:44:49 - Last used 2016-08-09 12:36:57 - Nominate - Description - http://rs.4chan.org/?s=%s

torntz
Search on torrentz.com
1118 uses - Created 2008-09-06 16:01:27 - Last used 2021-05-07 11:02:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s

almg
Allmusic search using their new API.
1115 uses - Created 2007-10-26 00:46:17 - Last used 2018-12-21 05:18:26 - Nominate - Description - http://allmusic.com/search/artist/%s

geb
Google search in Hebrew!
1115 uses - Created 2008-04-23 16:22:58 - Last used 2021-02-09 11:02:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.il/search?hl=iw&q=%s

gnded
Google News DE - sort by date
1114 uses - Created 2007-01-12 16:58:57 - Last used 2008-02-13 21:59:00 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.de/news?hl=de&ned=de&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=%s

opens
checks opensubtitles.org for english subs - by asymmetric
1114 uses - Created 2007-08-08 12:43:23 - Last used 2025-06-28 13:42:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/search2/sublanguageid-eng/moviename-%s

wave
Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web
1114 uses - Created 2009-05-30 02:57:55 - Last used 2022-09-12 18:36:49 - Nominate - Description - http://wave.google.com

flex1c
NAME flex1c - Display class info from Flex 1.5 LiveDocs USAGE flex1c [class name] EXAMPLES flex1c mx.core.Application This command displays class information for Flex 1.5 from Macromedia LiveDocs. AUTHOR Aral Balkan (http://flashant.org) SPECIAL THANKS Jonathan Aquino for leading me in the right direction. Allen Ormond for his wonderful strReplace command.
1113 uses - Created 2006-01-23 10:15:53 - Last used 2025-05-24 00:35:46 - Nominate - Description - http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/asdocs_en/index.html?{strReplace -find . -replace / -string %s}.html

strong (Golden Egg)
Generate _Strong_ Random Passwords. The only argument is the desired length of the passwords. Passwords will be mixed-case and include numbers and punctuation. SSL encrypted. example: "strong 64"
1110 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:47:07 - Last used 2025-03-18 18:08:35 - Description - https://www.winguides.com/security/password.php?length=%s&phonetic=on&alpha=on&mixedcase=on&numeric=on&punctuation=on&nosimilar=on&quantity=10&guide=security&generate=true

ia
Internet Archive Search. Example: ia physics.
1110 uses - Created 2005-06-21 22:58:59 - Last used 2025-06-14 01:43:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%s

swk
This command gets the begining of any wikipedia articles. kind of a summary. example: swk porsche 911
1110 uses - Created 2007-11-22 11:16:22 - Last used 2023-10-02 04:56:08 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens <p> <div -url {url wp %s}

clc (Golden Egg)
NAME clc - Evaluates a mathematic expression EXAMPLES clc 1+1 clc ((pi*2)/6)+5 AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/ ========== Old implementation: {url[no url encoding] idx {explode {strRightRev {scrape -tokens <font size=%2B1><b> </b> -url {url g %s}} {strFind -find = -string {scrape -tokens <font size=%2B1><b> </b> -url {url g %s}}}} -token <space>} -idx 0}
1109 uses - Created 2006-04-24 17:13:53 - Last used 2023-10-11 04:30:45 - Description - stripHTML {idx {explode {match -url {url g %s} -pattern /<font size=.1><b>(.*?)<\/b>/ -capture 1 -matchnbr 1} -token =<space>} -idx 1}

geizde
Alias for ghde
1108 uses - Created 2007-12-02 12:07:03 - Last used 2016-06-09 08:02:22 - Nominate - Description - http://geizhals.at/deutschland/?fs=%s

wppd
Wordpress Plugins Database
1107 uses - Created 2008-10-14 14:20:53 - Last used 2016-05-10 15:34:33 - Nominate - Description - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=%s

sgread
Secure Google Reader
1106 uses - Created 2006-12-12 20:30:21 - Last used 2012-03-19 23:37:02 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/reader/view/

wiredd
WiredDeals.com search. Updated Jan 2009
1106 uses - Created 2009-01-31 20:17:36 - Last used 2024-11-08 01:18:00 - Nominate - Description - http://wireddeals.com/result?text=%s

erf
Erfworld
1106 uses - Created 2010-03-11 14:47:23 - Last used 2016-07-06 11:39:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.erfworld.com/

sky (Golden Egg)
Skypes the given user. Example: sky jonathan.aquino Tested from the Firefox YubNub search bar. Inspired by the sidebarload command.
1105 uses - Created 2006-01-26 07:28:51 - Last used 2025-06-12 22:35:05 - Description - echo <script language="javascript">w = window.open("callto://%s");w.close();history.go(-1);</script>

sdltm
A google search of HM Revenue & Customs' SDLT manual
1105 uses - Created 2007-09-14 10:38:20 - Last used 2024-03-04 01:53:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmrc.gov.uk%2Fmanuals%2Fsdltmanual%2F+%s&meta=

iimdb
Search IMDB mobile
1105 uses - Created 2010-08-10 20:34:11 - Last used 2024-03-10 08:26:56 - Nominate - Description - http://m.imdb.com/find?q=%s

p
puppy linux homepage
1104 uses - Created 2006-08-16 01:15:53 - Last used 2025-05-25 16:30:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1

port
Searches http://portsdb.com for what services, trojans, etc run on the specified port.
1103 uses - Created 2005-06-21 01:59:22 - Last used 2025-06-01 13:05:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.portsdb.org/bin/portsdb.cgi?portnumber=%s

goobooks
Google Books Search Example: goobooks martian timeslip
1103 uses - Created 2005-12-04 18:36:40 - Last used 2013-05-22 20:17:54 - Nominate - Description - http://books.google.com/books?q=%s&btnG=Search+Books&hl=en

ebayit
Search on ebay italian version
1103 uses - Created 2007-02-02 22:25:30 - Last used 2018-10-24 05:03:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebay.it/sch/items/?_nkw=%s

niv
searches Bible Gateway for NIV translations
1102 uses - Created 2006-11-12 18:03:08 - Last used 2024-12-09 05:06:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%s;&version=31;

elbo
simple mp3 search of elbo.ws
1102 uses - Created 2007-01-13 01:22:52 - Last used 2015-10-03 18:43:48 - Nominate - Description - http://elbo.ws/mp3s/%s/page/1/

project
Navigates to Project playlist to search for song "Project %s" Same as command "playlist", but works on desktop
1101 uses - Created 2008-05-21 00:06:47 - Last used 2025-06-15 18:55:13 - Nominate - Description - http://search.playlist.com/tracks/%s

ogs
show personal status of online-go.com ;)
1098 uses - Created 2009-01-28 07:44:40 - Last used 2025-06-08 09:13:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.online-go.com/games/mygames.php

wf

1097 uses - Created 2005-11-22 17:59:49 - Last used 2024-03-18 08:44:08 - Nominate - Description - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s

full
Search Fulltorrent.net.
1096 uses - Created 2006-10-27 20:06:08 - Last used 2025-07-04 09:09:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fulltorrent.net/search.php?q=%s

dvee
Searches http://devot-ee.com for ExpressionEngine addons. Defaults to searching for ALL addons; if you want to search for a specific version's addons, use the -ver flag followed by either 'ee1' or 'ee2'. Examples: dvee category (searches ALL EE ADDONS for keyword "category") dvee category -ver ee2 (searches ONLY EE2 ADDONS for keyword "category")
1096 uses - Created 2011-08-15 21:19:57 - Last used 2021-05-16 12:27:20 - Nominate - Description - http://devot-ee.com/search/results/search&channel=addons&keywords=%s&addon_version_support=${ver}/[use %20 for spaces]

rhyme
Retrieves perfect rhymes of a given word. Example: rhyme awesome (Displays rhymes of the word "awesome"). See also: offrhyme
1095 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:47:50 - Last used 2025-07-04 17:51:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dillfrog.com/tools/rhymer/sound.asp?match_type=perfect_rhyme&word=%s

lfl
This command looks up lyrics. It is an alias of: gfl lyrics "%s" Note that it can be used to look up a band example: lfl fall out boy or also a song example: lfl sugar we're going down or even lyrics from the song example: lfl am I more than you bargained for
1093 uses - Created 2006-01-13 02:26:19 - Last used 2019-03-10 15:21:45 - Nominate - Description - gfl lyrics "%s"

about
Search on www.about.com
1092 uses - Created 2006-03-31 19:47:05 - Last used 2025-04-30 10:09:16 - Nominate - Description - http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?terms=%s

baidujp
百度で検索、それだけ。 例:baidujp うなぎ
1092 uses - Created 2009-07-23 01:09:00 - Last used 2013-07-07 15:40:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.baidu.jp/s?cl=3&ie=utf-8&tn=baidujp&wd=%s

gno
google notebook
1087 uses - Created 2006-05-16 15:21:58 - Last used 2024-06-14 09:33:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/notebook/

seeq
Seeqpod music search
1087 uses - Created 2007-09-09 05:05:43 - Last used 2011-09-14 00:13:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.seeqpod.com/music/?q=%s

tf2
Command to take you to pages on the official TF2 wiki.
1077 uses - Created 2011-06-26 13:24:17 - Last used 2023-04-25 07:54:45 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%s&go=Go

guess (Golden Egg)
Guesses the given language. (From Xerox Research Centre Europe) Example: guess tworzy? swoje w?asne z u?yciem create
1076 uses - Created 2006-01-21 04:58:20 - Last used 2025-03-16 15:07:55 - Description - http://www.xrce.xerox.com/cgi-bin/mltt/LanguageGuesser?Text=%s

wowhd
Query the Wowhead database
1075 uses - Created 2007-07-09 18:40:16 - Last used 2015-05-03 04:46:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wowhead.com/?search=%s

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