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.

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
• Configurable: set default search method and mode order via the options page

From source

git clone https://github.com/avinal/sciezka.git
cd sciezka

Load as a temporary extension in Firefox: about:debugging > This Firefox > Load Temporary Add-on > select manifest.json.

Usage

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

Key	Action
Ctrl+Space	Toggle open/close
Esc	Close
Up/Down	Navigate results
Enter	Open selected result
Ctrl+Shift+Enter	Open in new tab
Tab / Shift+Tab	Cycle through modes
Ctrl+F	Cycle search method (fuzzy / full-text / prefix)
Ctrl+D	Close selected tab (Tabs mode only)

Modes

• Tabs — open tabs in all windows
• History — browsing history
• Bookmarks — saved bookmarks
• Closed — recently closed tabs

Building

Requirements

• OS: Any platform that supports Node.js (Linux, macOS, Windows)
• Node.js: v18 or later — install instructions
• npm: comes bundled with Node.js

Build steps

git clone https://github.com/avinal/sciezka.git
cd sciezka
npm install
npm run build

npm run build runs node build.mjs, which uses esbuild to compile three TypeScript entry points (src/background.ts, src/content.ts, src/sciezka.ts) into bundled JavaScript files in the dist/ directory. No minification or obfuscation is applied.

The built extension files are:

• dist/background.js — background service worker
• dist/content.js — content script
• dist/sciezka.js — search UI logic

Other commands:

• npm run watch — rebuild on file changes
• npm run typecheck — run TypeScript type checking
• npm run lint — validate extension with web-ext

Packaging for Firefox

To create a .zip (which Firefox also accepts as .xpi) for sideloading:

npm run build
npx web-ext build --source-dir . --artifacts-dir ./artifacts --overwrite-dest \
  --ignore-files "src/" "tsconfig.json" "build.mjs" "package.json" \
  "package-lock.json" "node_modules/" "artifacts/" ".github/"

This produces artifacts/sciezka-<version>.zip. To install it in Firefox, go to about:addons > gear icon > Install Add-on From File.

License

MIT

Disclaimer

I have no practical knowledge of working with TypeScript or Mozilla Extensions. I created this extention mostly using Claude because the one I was using is not longer maintained. I hope to maintain this for long time. If you find any issues/concerns please feel free to contact me or open an issue.