PopSearch - GTK3 Search Bar with Google Autocomplete

Overview

SearchBar is a lightweight, modern search bar built with Python and GTK3 that provides Google search suggestions in real-time. It allows users to quickly search Google or specific websites using a simple query format.

Features

• Minimalist and elegant UI
• Google autocomplete suggestions
• Keyboard navigation (Arrow keys, Tab, and Enter)
• Supports direct website searches (e.g., youtube/tech searches "tech" on YouTube, stackoverflow/python error searches Stack Overflow for "python error")
• Opens URLs directly if entered
• Smart site-based search for platforms like:
  • youtube/query → Searches YouTube
  • github/query → Searches GitHub
  • reddit/query → Searches Reddit
  • amazon/query → Searches Amazon
  • flipkart/query → Searches Flipkart
  • wikipedia/query → Searches Wikipedia
  • stackoverflow/query → Searches Stack Overflow
• Opens search results in the default web browser
• Supports shortcut key binding for quick access

You can add More Website in line 213 depending upon your requirement

Installation

Dependencies

Ensure you have the following dependencies installed:

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian-based)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0
pip install requests

To make shortcut one simple step is download the launch_search_bar.sh and directly map this with the favaourable Keys

Windows

1. Install MSYS2 and run:

   pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python-gobject mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3

2. Install Python dependencies:

   pip install requests

Running the Application

Run the script with:

python3 search_bar.py

Setting Up a Keyboard Shortcut

To make SearchBar easily accessible, you can bind it to Super+S (Windows Key + S) on your system.

Linux (GNOME)

1. Open Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts
2. Click "+" (Add Shortcut)
3. Name: SearchBar
4. Command: /usr/bin/python3 /path/to/search_bar.py
5. Set Shortcut: Super+S

Windows (AutoHotkey)

1. Install AutoHotkey
2. Create a new script with the following content:

   #s::
   Run, pythonw "C:\path\to\search_bar.py"
   return

3. Save and run the script.

Screenshots

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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Enjoy fast searching with SearchBar! 🚀