Switch Search Engine

A browser extension to switch between search engines in one click. Add, edit, and reorder engines to match your preferences.

Features

• Switch between search engines instantly from a float bar at the bottom of search result pages
• Toolbar button cycles to the next enabled engine
• Enable, disable, and reorder engines from the settings page
• Add, edit, or remove custom and built-in engines
• Adjustable icon size with live preview
• Works on Chrome, Opera, Edge, and Firefox (desktop + Android)

Supported engines (built-in)

DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, Gibiru, MetaGer (EN/DE), You.com, StartPage, Yahoo OneSearch, Bing, Google, Yandex (EN/RU), Yahoo!, Yahoo! JAPAN, goo, Wikipedia (English)

Installation

Chrome / Opera / Edge

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Go to chrome://extensions (or opera://extensions)
3. Enable Developer mode
4. Click Load unpacked and select the chrome/ folder
5. On the extensions page, enable "Allow access to search page results"

The extension opens a setup page on first install to guide you through this.

Firefox (Desktop) / Firefox for Android

Install from addons.mozilla.org once the extension is published there.

Keyboard shortcut

Browser	Shortcut
Chrome / Opera / Edge	Configurable via chrome://extensions/shortcuts
Firefox	Ctrl+Alt+S

Managing search engines

Add a custom engine:

1. Open the extension settings → Search Engines tab
2. Fill in the form at the bottom: name, hostname, and search URL with {} as the query placeholder (e.g. https://kagi.com/search?q={})
3. Click Add Engine — it will be enabled automatically

Edit an engine:

1. Select any engine from either list
2. Click Edit
3. For built-in engines, only the search URL can be changed. Click Reset to Default URL to restore the original.
4. For custom engines, all fields are editable
5. Click Save Changes

Project structure

chrome/     Chrome / Opera / Edge (Manifest V3)
firefox/    Firefox desktop + Android (Manifest V2)

Based on

This project is a fork of kuanyui/EngineSwitcher.

Changes from the original:

• Ported to Chrome/Opera/Edge (Manifest V3)
• Added custom engine support with add, edit, and URL override for built-in engines
• New settings UI with tabs and live preview
• Adjustable float bar icon size
• Onboarding page for first-time setup
• New icon
• Renamed to Switch Search Engine

License

WTFPL 2.0