alabhyajindal / browser_extensions

Official companion browser extensions for Kagi Search (Chrome, Firefox)

Kagi Search Extension

This contains the source for the Kagi Search extension for Firefox and Chrome.

Get it for your browser here:

• Chrome
• Firefox

Contents

• Extension Features
• Other Browsers
• Installing from source
  • Download
  • Load the extension
    • Firefox
    • Chrome
• Contributing
  • Accepted Contributions
  • Instructions
  • Development
  • Testing/sharing/debugging

Extension Features

• Sets Kagi as your default search engine
• Automatic login when searching in incognito/private browsing
• Use the Universal Summarizer on the current page
• ... more in the future!

Other Browsers

• Safari (iOS)

Loading from source

Building

To build the extension, you will need node and npm installed.

1. Obtain the files from this repo, either via git clone https://github.com/kagisearch/browser_extensions or by downloading the source zip.
2. run npm i to install adm-zip which is used to package up the files.
3. You can now run npm run build-firefox or npm run build-chrome to zip up the relevant files and output a zip file.

You can also download a pre-packaged zip from our releases page.

Download

First, obtain the source code from the release page:

GitHub Releases

Or by cloning the repo:

git clone https://github.com/kagisearch/browser_extensions

Loading the extension

Firefox

1. Head to about:debugging
2. Click on "This Firefox"
3. Click "Load Temporary Add-On"
4. Select the zip file or manifest.json of the extension.

Chrome

1. Head to chrome://extensions
2. Turn on "Developer mode" in the top right and then some new buttons will pop up.
3. Click on Load unpacked extension
4. Select the zip file or you may have to unzip the zip and select the folder outputted from extraction.

Contributing

Accepted Contributions

Bugfixes and improvements to the extension's code are welcome!

At the time we are not accepting PRs for new features without prior approval.

You can inquire about new features or report bugs here:

• Issue tracker
• Kagi Feedback Forum

Instructions

1. Fork it (https://github.com/kagisearch/browser_extensions/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Development

Check the recommended and required node and npm versions in the package.json and .nvmrc files.

npm ci  # install dependencies
npm run watch-firefox  # builds the firefox zip file and unzips it into the `built/` directory every time a file changes
npm run watch-chrome  # builds the chrome zip file and unzips it into the `built/` directory every time a file changes
npm run format  # formats the code

Testing/sharing/debugging

npm run test  # runs the linter & formatter checks
npm run build  # builds the chrome and firefox zip files in the `built/` directory
npm run build-firefox  # builds the firefox zip file in the `built/` directory
npm run build-chrome  # builds the chrome zip file in the `built/` directory