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Manikant Jha • Peerlist

Gear is a fast, keyboard-first Spotlight search and command palette for Google Chrome (Manifest V3). Built with React 19, TypeScript, and Vite via CRXJS, Gear brings an OS-level launcher experience (like macOS Spotlight or Raycast) into any webpage.✨ Features<ul><li>⚡ Instant Spotlight Palette: Summoned with a single hotkey (Alt+M) over any webpage.</li></ul><ul><li>📑 Tab Search &amp; Switcher: Search through all open tabs across windows and jump to them instantly.</li><li>⭐ Bookmarks Search: Instantly find and open saved bookmarks.</li><li>🕒 Browsing History: Search through previously visited pages, ranked by recency.</li><li>🔍 Google Search Suggestions: Live, debounced query auto-suggestions powered by Google Complete.</li><li>💥 Search Bangs: DuckDuckGo-style shortcuts (e.g., !yt, !g, !wi) with custom bang support.</li><li>🌐 Smart URL &amp; <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="http://Localhost">Localhost</a> Detection: Intelligently identifies domains, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="http://localhost">localhost</a>, and IP addresses for direct navigation without performing a web search.</li><li>🛡️ Shadow DOM Isolation: Injected via an open Shadow DOM root to completely isolate styles from the host page without CSS conflicts.</li><li>🔒 Interaction Lock: Locks page scrolling and prevents host page event leaks while the spotlight overlay is active.</li></ul>