Search by Image Search by Image

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Version: 5.4.2
Last Update: 2022-11-23

Overview

Search by Image is a Chrome extension developed by Armin Sebastian. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Search by Image is 5.4.2, updated on 2022-11-23.
200,000+ users have installed this extension. 301 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .
developer website: armin.dev

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

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:
• Select URL: select an image on the page and search with the image URL. This is the default search mode.
• Select image: select an image on the page and search with the image file. This search mode is preferred for sites which do not allow the direct linking of images, such as private sites.
• Capture: search with a captured area of the page.
• Browse: search with an image from your device. Pasting images from the clipboard is also supported.
• URL: search with an image URL.

The "Allow access to file URLs" option must be enabled for the extension to search with local images opened in a tab. Visit the chrome://extensions page and open the extension's details to find the option.

The image you select during a search is sent to the requested service, such as Bing Images. Visit the extension's privacy policy for more information.

https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/wiki/Privacy-policy

The extension is also available for Edge and Safari: https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image#readme

Reviews are not monitored for bug reports, please use GitHub for issues and feature requests.

https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image

Rating

301 ratings

Total Installs

200,000+

Information

Last Update

2022-11-23

Current Version

5.4.2

Size

784KiB

Author

Armin Sebastian

Website

armin.dev

Category

Search Tools

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avatar Nobody Here anymore
2022-05-11

New permissions are not okay.

avatar HoLyzPiNoyZ
2022-05-10

Not safe anymore, idk why devs decide to add this new addition.


EDIT: they reverted the permission after many people requested it and now its gone.

avatar Alex Fonseca
2022-05-06

TOP

avatar Aleks Ivanov
2022-05-02

Exactly what I need

avatar Shenmue Is Life
2022-04-29

I have been using it over one year now and I recommend. You can choose among 40 different preselected search engines for your right click context.