Search Engines Helper

Add a custom search engine and export/import all the search urls and icon urls for all search engines added to Firefox.

Search Engines Helper: Firefox Add-on

'Search Engines Helper' is a Firefox add-on, providing users with utilities to add new custom search engines and manage them effortlessly. This add-on also allows for the convenient export and import of search urls and icons of all search engines added to Firefox, thus making the web navigation experience smoother and highly customized.

Add-on stats

Users: 2,744
-4
Rating: 4.54
(72)
Version: 3.5.0 (Last updated: 2023-09-03)
Creation date: 2018-01-06
Weekly download count: 71
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • notifications
Size: 76.84K

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

This extensions provides multiple utilities for firefox search engines. You can add a new custom search engine using the context menu or by providing the search url and the icon url. You can also export the search url and icon urls of all the search engines added to Firefox and import them later.

For more details, visit the full documentation here: https://github.com/soufianesakhi/firefox-search-engines-helper/blob/master/README.md

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Allows users to easily add custom search engines to Firefox.
  • Useful for importing and exporting search engine settings.
  • Well documented and provides a workaround for broken open-search-xml engines.
  • User-friendly for creating and managing search engines.
Cons
  • Complexity in exporting search engines and lack of simplicity.
  • Custom search definitions can vanish with no practical means to access them.
  • Documentation may not provide clear guidance for practical use.
Most mentioned
  • Functionality for adding custom search engines.
  • Complexity and difficulty with exporting.
  • Issues with custom searches disappearing or being inaccessible.
User reviews
Работает как часы! Смог наконец-то понадобавлять нужные мне системы поиска, которые Firefox по умолчанию за таковые не считает
by LiberaEspero, 2024-12-21

Far too ridiculously complex! Why not just make it SIMPLE to export?! Geez :(
by Ed Love, 2024-12-21

Nicely made and well documented. The best - perhaps only - "workaround" for the now broken open-search-xml engines
by Virginwidow, 2024-12-18
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Search Engines Helper requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Search Engines Helper has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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