# Install "Fortran Discourse Search" in your browser

**URL:** https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/install-fortran-discourse-search-in-your-browser/5656
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**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/install-fortran-discourse-search-in-your-browser/5656 "2023-04-25T15:10:11Z")
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### Author: ![vmagnin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/vmagnin/32/28_2.png) [@vmagnin](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/vmagnin)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/install-fortran-discourse-search-in-your-browser/5656/1 "2023-04-25T15:10:11Z")

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By clicking in the search entry of Firefox, I have just discovered that we can install _Fortran Discourse Search_ as a search engine in our browser. Nice feature.

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### Author: ![ivanpribec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/ivanpribec/32/3290_2.png) [@ivanpribec](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/ivanpribec)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/install-fortran-discourse-search-in-your-browser/5656/2 "2023-04-25T22:22:42Z")

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In Chrome, one can “Install Fortran Discourse” under the “Customise and control Google Chrome” button (located in the top-right for me). This makes it available as a “standalone” program.

While not directly related to search functionality, there is a growing number of online programming tools which run on client-side. Two examples I’ve come across are:

- [HexEd.it - Browser-based and Offline Hex Editing](https://hexed.it/)
- [Perfetto - System profiling, app tracing and trace analysis](https://ui.perfetto.dev/)

In the long-term, it would be nice to develop similar scientific and engineering tools directly in Fortran by compiling to WASM.