This enables basic Kagi features for your Chromium browser (Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, etc.).
Install from the Chrome Web Store
- Sets Kagi as your default search engine
- Preserves your login across private browsing
- Search-by-image by right-clicking on an image
Kagi has many more features to offer, unfortunately due to Google Web Store Policies these must be provided by a separate extension. This extension is currently under development.
- Navigate to the extension's settings page
chrome://extensions
- Click
Details
on the Kagi Search Extension - Scroll down and enable
Allow in Incognito
As per Google's Docs the API to change the default serarch engine is only available on Windows and Mac.
Accordingly, if you are developing the extension on Linux you may see the below error, which is safe to ignore.
Note that unfortunately, this does not provide autocompleting search features.
- Navigate to kagi.com and if necessary, sign in.
- Navigate to
chrome://settings/searchEngines
. - In the section
Inactive shortcuts
clickActivate
on the Kagi entry. - Now that Kagi has moved to the
Site Search
section, open the side menu and clickMake default
. - Kagi will now be in the
Search Engines
section. - For added privacy, click the 'pencil' icon to edit the Kagi entry. Replace the bottom field with
https://kagi.com/search?q=%s
. This step is not necessary but is recommended.