Keywurl adds simple way of performing searches in Safari by letting you type short keywords as queries. Type a keyword and a query in the address bar, and it will be expanded into a predefined search.
For example, you can map wiki to Wikipedia:
When you hit Return, you will end up here:
Keywurl comes with a handful of such predefined keywords, including:
- Google Images
- YouTube!
- IMDb
- Amazon
- Flickr
- …and more.
And it’s really easy to add your own.
Forget the search box. Just type anything in the address bar: Keywurl lets you set up a default search that is used as a catch-all when what you type in the address bar is not an URL. Just type Richard Feynman and it will give you the Google results.
You can also create a new keyword just by right-clicking on any text field in any web page form, and selecting Create Keyword. Keywurl takes care of the dirty details.
There's no magic syntax to set up keywords: Instead, the address field shows the substitutions using nice, friendly, little blue bubble shapes. The available substitutions are shown in a separate box, and you can drag them with the mouse into the address field. Visual editing, yay!
Pssst, Sogudi users! Keywurl is backwards-compatible with Sogudi. You can migrate your existing Sogudi keywords by copying ~/Library/Application Support/SogudiShortcuts.plist into ~/Library/Application Support/Keywurl and renaming the file to Keywords.plist.
Snow Leopard support is coming — soon!
I am currently sick and unable to produce a new release. Sorry about the delay.
Safari 4.0.3 support
Aug 14, 2009 This release is for Leopard, and updates Keywurl to support Safari 4.0.3. Note: This version occasionally crashes when you right-click on a form field and select "Create Keyword Search". To work around this problem, go into Safari's Preferences and click on the Keywurl tab to edit keywords. A fix is forthcoming.
- Keywurl 1.4 beta 7 for Safari 4 (Leopard only)
For Tiger and Safari 3 support, try the older versions:
- Keywurl 1.4 beta 2 for Safari 3.0 and earlier (Tiger/Leopard)
- Keywurl 1.3.5 for Safari 3.0 and earlier (Tiger/Leopard)
Interested in the code? Get the Git repository on GitHub.
Show your support for open-source software Please consider donating. Thank you.