Search by Image

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Description

Search by Image is a browser extension which enables you to initiate a reverse image search from the right-click context menu or the browser toolbar. It finds all images positioned in the clicked area, including those declared in CSS. The extension also supports uploading local images and searching for images from private sites.

Search Engines

Google Images
Bing Images
Yandex.Images
Baidu Image Search
TinEye Reverse Image Search
Sogou Images
Karma Decay
trace.moe (WhatAnime)
SauceNAO
Iqdb
Ascii2d
Getty Images
iStock
Shutterstock
Adobe Stock
Depositphotos
Pinterest
Qihoo 360 Images
Jingdong
Taobao
Alibaba China

Search Modes

The extension offers a handful of search modes which serve different use cases. The search mode can be set independently for the context menu and browser toolbar from the options page.

Select (context menu and toolbar): select an image on the page, then search for the image URL, whenever possible. Blob and data URLs will still be handled as image uploads. This is the default search mode.
Select & upload (context menu and toolbar): select an image on the page, then fetch the image, possibly from the browser cache, and upload it. This search mode is preferred for sites which do not allow direct linking of images or are otherwise private.
Capture (context menu and toolbar): create an image by selecting and capturing a page area, then upload it.
Upload (toolbar): select or drop an image from your device, or paste it from the clipboard, then upload it.
URL (toolbar): search for an image URL.

Features

Search with a single engine, or all enabled ones, directly from the top-level context menu item, or the browser toolbar button (see options page)
Detect any image on the page, including those declared in CSS and pseudo-elements
Select the desired image from a dialog when multiple images are found
Search for images from private sites (see search modes)
Search for local images
Search for the current video frame