# Big Search

> Handily use / switch search engines via a Flexible Tool. With some special technical features also. Definitly more than a GET/POST sender. Source code on Github. Vast search, search great! Breadth 🗺️ & Focus 👨‍💻

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/big-search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/big-search)

## Overview

- **ID:** `big-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** GarryW
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 129
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.17 / 5 (12 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.7.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-20
- **First published:** 2021-05-19
- **Size:** 220 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/big-search/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch](https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch)

## Description

Big Search is a versatile Chrome extension that enables users to seamlessly use and switch between multiple search engines or websites from a single interface. It caters to daily, entertainment, and professional search needs by supporting over 50 built-in engines including Google, DuckDuckGo, YouTube, eBay, and Github, while also allowing custom engine additions and synchronization.

Beyond basic GET/POST searching, Big Search offers advanced capabilities such as multi-line text input, Vimium-like keyboard shortcuts for rapid engine switching, and compatibility with complex in-page AJAX websites that don't openly support traditional GET/POST interfaces. Its powerful JSON-based search configuration allows for extensive customization and cross-engine operations. The extension maintains strong privacy by operating fully client-side without collecting user data, works across desktop and mobile platforms, and is open source with source code available on GitHub.

## Rankings

- #10,218 — Overall
- #5 — bigo
- #122 — search box
- #127 — search bar
- #146 — research
- #150 — definition

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `search`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `scripting`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.acsearch.atwebpages.com/*`
- `*://garywill.github.io/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.acsearch.atwebpages.com`
- `garywill.github.io`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/big-search)