Search by Image

A powerful reverse image search tool, with support for various search engines, such as Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu and TinEye.

Search by Image - Reverse Image Search Tool

Search by Image is a browser extension that makes effortless reverse image searches possible, with support for more than 30 search engines. It is popular among journalists, researchers, photographers, artists, and shoppers for various use cases.

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Extension stats

By: https://armin.dev

Users: 300,000+

Rating: 4.15

(430)

Version: 8.0.2 (Last updated: 2024-12-12)

Creation date: 2020-05-21

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

alarms
contextMenus
storage
unlimitedStorage
tabs
activeTab
notifications
webRequest
declarativeNetRequest
scripting

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 828.42K

Email: cw*****@armin.dev

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 1,281 ▲

Other rankings

#52 in Tools

#4 in search keyword 85

#5 in image keyword 92

#13 in google search keyword 99 ▲ 1

#48 in default search keyword 93

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Other platforms

Search By Image (v1.20)

2.89

(303) 102,425+

Search by Image (v8.0.2)

4.61

(1,594) 378,997+

Search by Image (v8.0.2)

4.60

(25) 78,059+

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Extension summary

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Search by Image is a browser extension that makes effortless reverse image searches possible, and comes with support for more than 30 search engines.

Search by Image is an open source project made possible thanks to a community of awesome supporters. If you'd like to support the continued development of the extension, please check out https://armin.dev/go/patreon

The extension helps journalists and researchers verify the authenticity of images, and assists in the identification of false information on social media. Search by Image is also popular among photographers, helping artists explore how their work is shared on the web, while shoppers find it valuable for discovering similar products at discounted prices.

The extension enables you to search for images from the context menu and the browser toolbar with the help of a diverse set of reverse image search engines, which can be toggled and reordered from the extension's options. Visit the wiki for the full list of supported search engines.

https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/wiki/Search-engines

Images positioned at the selected area are detected regardless of how they were embedded in the page. The extension also supports searching with images from your device, images from private sites, and captured areas of the page.

A handful of search modes are offered that serve different use cases. The search mode can be set independently for the context menu and the browser toolbar from the extension's options.

Search modes:

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works very well on many sites
Provides a similar experience to Google Lens
Users appreciate its functionality
Has been fixed quickly after issues

Cons

Does not work on some sites
Frequent reports of it not working at all
Some users experience issues with Tineye integration
Problems with alternate Chrome browsers

Most mentioned

Not working or has stopped working
Requests for additional features or integrations (like PimEyes)
Users expressing frustration over functionality issues

User reviews

This is a great tool, especially when I need to find some design ideas and want to look at other designs with similar materials. I basically use it together with another Chrome extension called "Picture Picker". You can search for "Picture Picker" on the Chrome Web Store to get it. Picture Picker is mainly designed to quickly capture images that I find and am interested in. The next time I use it, it comes with AI Search function, which allows us to input a keyword or a paragraph to recognize the image we want. It is very simple and the experience is also very good.