# Multi Engine Searcher > Search using selected search engines from a browser action popup, with customization. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/multi-engine-searcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/multi-engine-searcher) ## Overview - **ID:** `multi-engine-searcher` - **Platform:** Firefox - **Type:** Firefox add-on - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** sa1hon - **Category:** search-tools - **Daily users:** 12 - **Weekly downloads:** 2 - **Version:** 1.0 - **Last updated:** 2025-05-21 - **First published:** 2025-05-18 - **Size:** 122 KB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-13 - **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/multi-engine-searcher/) - **Website:** [https://github.com/saihon/multi-engine-search/issues](https://github.com/saihon/multi-engine-search/issues) ## Description Multi Engine Search is allows you to quickly search using multiple search engines selected from a popup interface. It offers customization options for adding, editing, and organizing your favorite search engines. Features

Quick Search Popup: Access your search engines via a browser action (toolbar icon).
Engine Selection: Select multiple search engines using checkboxes.
Categorized Engines: Organize search engines into categories (e.g., Dictionary, Shopping, Developer Tools).
Category Expansion/Collapse: Show or hide engines within a category by clicking the category header.
Search Options:
- Search using all engines in a category.
- Search using only the checked engines in a category.
- Search using a single specific engine.
Pre-fill Search Term: Automatically populates the search input with selected text from the active tab when the popup opens.
Character Encoding Specification: Allows specifying character encodings (e.g., UTF-8, Shift_JIS, EUC-JP) for search engines. Non-UTF-8 encodings are processed using the encoding.js library. If an encoding is unsupported by the library or an error occurs during conversion, the process defaults to UTF-8 encoding.
Space Handling Options: Configurable space handling (Default %20, +).
Context Menu Integration: Adds checked search engines to the context menu for quick searching of selected text.
Customizable Engine List:
- Add new search engines and categories.
- Edit existing engine details (Name, URL, Encoding, Space Handling).
- Delete engines and categories.
- Reorder categories and engines within categories using Drag & Drop.
Import/Export: Backup and share your search engine configurations via JSON import/export.
Reset to Defaults: Option to reset the search engine list to the initial default set.
Default Settings: Option to collapse categories by default in the popup.
Keyboard Shortcut: Open the popup using a keyboard shortcut (Default: Ctrl+Shift+9, customizable in Firefox Add-ons manager).
Theme Support: Automatically adapts to your system's light or dark theme for the popup and options page.
Configurable Context Menu: Option to disable context menu integration if not needed.

Important Considerations

Searching with Many Engines: While this extension allows you to select and search with a large number of engines simultaneously (tests have been conducted with up to 20 engines at once), please be mindful of the potential impact.
- Performance: Opening a very large number of tabs at once can consume significant browser and system resources (CPU, RAM), potentially leading to slower browser performance or responsiveness.
- Rate Limiting: Some search engines may have rate limits that could be triggered by numerous rapid search requests originating from a single IP address. This could temporarily restrict your access to those specific search engines. It's generally recommended to select a reasonable number of engines pertinent to your current search needs for an optimal experience.

Source repository and usage https://github.com/saihon/multi-engine-search ## Rankings - #31,572 — Overall - #89 — engine ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `activeTab` - `scripting` - `storage` - `contextMenus` - `tabs` - `downloads` ## Safety - **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact - **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood ### Analysis details - Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern. - This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe. > Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing). ## Similar extensions and apps - [Custom Context Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/custom-context-search) — 27 users - [Multi engine search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/multi-engine-search) — 78 users, 4.67 / 5 - [Multi Engine Search vesion 2](https://chrome-stats.com/d/multi-engine-search-vesion-2) — 1 users - [Site Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/sitesearcher) — 28 users - [Multi engine search new 2023](https://chrome-stats.com/d/multi-engine-search-new-2023) — 1 users - [Multi engine search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yunmmjhf) - [Multi engine search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nhandien1123) - [Multi engine search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/multi-engine-searcheqfd) - [Select and Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/select-search) — 6 users - [Select and Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/selectandsearch) — 6 users - [Select and Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/select_and_search) — 5 users - [Custom Search Engine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/custom-search-engine-iue) — 2 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/multi-engine-searcher)