# dessant/search-by-image

Browser extension for reverse image search, available for Chrome, Edge and Safari

Repository: https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/search-by-image
Homepage: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/search-by-image-for-safari/id1544552106
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: browser-extension, reverse-image-search, google, yandex, chrome-extension, firefox-extension, search, image, image-search, safari-extension
Last push: 2026-06-27T11:49:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 89, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3364, "days_push": 67, "days_rel": 78, "gap_med": 28.0, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3723, forks 317 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:15.561351+00:00)

## What it is
Search by Image is an open-source browser extension for reverse image search, supporting Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Safari and Samsung Internet. It lets users search with images from web pages or their device using more than 30 search engines such as Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu and TinEye.

## Use cases
- reverse image search from the browser context menu
- verify the authenticity of images as a journalist or researcher
- find where your photos or artwork are shared online
- find similar products at lower prices while shopping
- identify false information on social media
- search with images from private sites or local files

## When to choose
- you need one-click reverse image searches across many search engines
- you want an open-source, privacy-respecting image search tool
- you use Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera or Samsung Internet

## When to avoid
- you need programmatic or API-based image search in an application
- you need image recognition or analysis rather than search engine lookups

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, browser-extension, image-processing
- domain: browser-extensions, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension, cross-platform
- tags: reverse-image-search, chrome-extension, firefox-extension, safari-extension, osint, image-search, search

## Member repositories
- dessant/search-by-image (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.561351+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:29:17.942224+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.561351+00:00, sha 8fd6dc391891)
  - homepage: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/search-by-image-for-safari/id1544552106 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:18.436699+00:00, sha 76cb8d40d62b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.