BrowserSearch

This is a plugin for PowerToys Run. It reads your default browser's history, allowing you to search its entries and open their URL.

Supported browsers

• Arc
• Brave
• Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium version)
• Opera GX (profile selection not supported)
• Thorium
• Vivaldi Browser
• Waterfox
• Wavebox

Support for any other browser based on Chromium or Firefox can be added easily. If yours is not listed here, open an issue.

Install instructions

• Exit PowerToys
• Download latest version from releases
• Extract zip
• Move extracted folder BrowserSearch to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins\
• Start PowerToys

Build instructions

• Clone this repo
• Inside the BrowserSearch folder, create another one called libs
• Copy the following files from %ProgramFiles%\PowerToys\ to libs
  • Wox.Plugin.dll
  • Wox.Infrastructure.dll
  • Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.dll
  • PowerToys.Settings.UI.Lib.dll
• Open the project in Visual Studio and build it in release mode
• Copy the output folder net8.0-windows to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins\
• (Optional) Rename the copied folder to BrowserSearch