Sciezka

A fast, Spotlight-style browser extension for searching tabs, history, bookmarks, and recently closed tabs. Built with vanilla TypeScript — no framework dependencies.

Sciezka means "path" in Polish.

Install from Firefox Add-ons

Why?

I relied on Saka for years to quickly jump between tabs, search history, and find bookmarks — all from the keyboard. It stopped being maintained. I couldn't find a replacement that was as fast and keyboard-driven, so I built one.

Features

• Fuzzy search across open tabs, browsing history, bookmarks, and recently closed tabs
• Three search methods: fuzzy (fzy algorithm), full-text, and prefix matching
• Keyboard-driven: navigate entirely with keyboard shortcuts
• Spotlight-style overlay: appears on any page without leaving your current context
• Match highlighting: matched characters highlighted in search results
• Duplicate tab detection: find and close duplicate tabs with configurable URL matching
• Stale tab detection: surface forgotten tabs based on time, count, or both
• Result count: live count of results displayed in the mode bar
• Dark mode: follows system preference
• Configurable: search method, mode order, duplicate matching, and stale detection settings via the options page or inline config panel

Usage

Press Ctrl+Space to open the search overlay on any page.

Keyboard shortcuts

Key	Action
Ctrl+Space	Toggle open/close
Esc	Close
Up / Down	Navigate results
Enter	Open selected result
Tab / Shift+Tab	Cycle through modes
Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+6	Jump to mode by position
Ctrl+F	Cycle search method (fuzzy / full-text / prefix)
Ctrl+D	Close selected tab (Tabs / Duplicates / Stale modes)

Modes

• Tabs — all open tabs across all windows. Switch to any tab or close it with Ctrl+D.
• History — browsing history. Shows up to 100 most recent entries; Firefox searches your full history when you type a query.
• Bookmarks — saved bookmarks. Open in current tab or new tab.
• Closed — recently closed tabs, limited to 25 by Firefox's browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo setting. Select to restore.
• Duplicates — shows one entry per duplicated URL with a count badge (e.g., ×3). Ctrl+D closes all duplicates of the selected URL, keeping the most recently accessed tab. URL matching is configurable: exact, ignore hash fragment, or ignore query string.
• Stale — tabs not accessed within a configurable time window, sorted oldest-first. Three detection methods:
  • Time — all tabs older than a threshold (default: 4 weeks)
  • Count — the N least recently accessed tabs (default: 100)
  • Time + Cap — tabs older than the threshold, capped at N results

Settings

Open the settings gear icon in the search bar or go to about:addons > Sciezka > Preferences.

• Default mode — which mode to show on open
• Default search method — fuzzy, full-text, or prefix
• Duplicate matching — how to compare URLs (exact, ignore hash, ignore query)
• Stale detection — method (time/count/both), threshold with unit (hours/days/weeks), and max count
• Mode order — drag to reorder modes in the inline config panel

Development

See DEVELOPMENT.md for build instructions, packaging, and browser compatibility notes.

License

MIT