Web Search

Open a configurable set of websites or search the web directly from the Noctalia launcher. Frequently opened configured sites are promoted automatically.

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	notfinaldev/web-search
Entries	Launcher provider: search
Launcher Prefix	/web

Requirements

Install these commands on PATH:

• xdg-open — opens selected websites and searches in the system's default browser.

Usage

Open the Noctalia launcher and type /web to browse the configured websites. Type text after /web to filter those sites and add a Search <Provider> result. Activating a website opens its configured URL in the default browser; activating the search result opens a search for the entered text using the configured Search provider.

Configured sites are ordered by most recent activation. Sites that have never been opened retain the order in Websites settings.

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
provider	select	google	Search engine used for the Search result: google, duckduckgo, ecosia, bing, brave, mojeek or kagi.
links	string_list	`GitHub	https://github.com`, `GitLab

Notes

• The plugin fetches missing 64px favicons over HTTPS from https://www.google.com/s2/favicons for every valid configured website domain whenever launcher results refresh, even if that site does not match the current filter; it also fetches the configured search provider's favicon domain when a non-empty search is entered. Favicon PNGs are cached in the plugin's cache/ directory and are reused while present.
• Each activated configured website updates cache/mru.txt. It is a local last-use ledger containing one used <sequence>|<url> line for each opened configured URL; higher sequence numbers are more recent.
• Website activation asynchronously runs xdg-open '<configured URL>' >/dev/null 2>&1. Search activation percent-encodes the entered query and opens it with the configured provider's search URL (https://www.google.com/search?q=..., https://duckduckgo.com/?q=..., https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=..., https://www.bing.com/search?q=..., https://search.brave.com/search?q=..., https://www.mojeek.com/search?q=..., or https://kagi.com/search?q=...) via xdg-open; command output is discarded.