# Searchfox Search Engine

> Adds Searchfox's mozilla-central index as a search engine.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `searchfox-search-engine`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Harry Twyford
- **Category:** web-development,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 24
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-12-09
- **First published:** 2020-12-08
- **Size:** 11 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchfox-search-engine/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/htwyford/searchfox-addon/](https://github.com/htwyford/searchfox-addon/)

## Description

Searchfox Search Engine is a Firefox add-on that adds Searchfox's mozilla-central index as a search engine. It allows you to use keywords and search mode, and displays Searchfox pages based on your history and past searches. Improve your search experience and find mozilla-central index results faster with this add-on.

## Rankings

- #22,610 — Overall
- #61 — engine
- #73 — benefit

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate 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/searchfox-search-engine)