Browser, History & Bookmark Manager

Built for iOS, macOS & visionOS

Search every browser session you have ever opened and turn it into living knowledge. Surfed keeps a global, multi-browser history with smart bookmark collections, tags, notes, reminders, and Spaces that stay in sync across all your Apple devices.

Save and resurface research faster with powerful filters, dynamic collections, and a browser extension. Surfed’s built-in developer tools, Web Trigger automations, Media Viewer and optional AI helpers make it perfect for curious readers, students, researchers, and pros.

Global history & bookmark search, with easy tagging and smart auto-updating collections
Web Trigger automations, Browser extensions (Safari, Chromium Browser, Firefox), Media Viewer, and optional AI chat & tagging
Browser with built-in Web Inspector, Network Monitor, HTML Playground, and JavaScript console

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The Browser that Remembers Everything for You

Surfed combines a speedy native browser with a unified knowledge system. Browse anywhere, capture everything, and resurface it instantly with history-aware search, smart bookmarks, automations, and research tools.

Native Browser

Made for Focused Browsing

Spaces keep work, study, and your projects separated while the Media Viewer reveals every image, video, and audio file on a page.

Multi-window & split browser view
Browser extensions brings Surfed directly into your Browser on macOS (Safari, Chromium, Firefox) and on iOS Safari
Enhanced downloads with Live Activities & URL clean-up tools

Unified History

Smart Bookmarks & Global Search

Every tab, bookmark, and note lives inside a searchable timeline. Build dynamic collections that update themselves as you browse.

Filters across a number of properties like title, URL, tags, notes, metadata, full text, …
Markdown notes per page plus Space-level notes
Self-updating smart lists, reminders, and statistics

Research Stack

Organize Work, Study & Research

Plan entire projects inside Surfed. Spaces, collections, and dashboards keep you and your collaborators aligned.

Research dashboards, Listen Later, and Read Later queues
Website tags, highlights, and Markup Mode annotations
Time tracking + insights for every session

Automation & Dev Tools

Power for Builders & Automators

Inspect, edit, and automate the web right inside the browser so repetitive work never slows you down.

Web Inspector, Network Monitor, HTML Playground & JavaScript console
Web Trigger automations, Shortcuts actions, and gallery recipes
Optional AI chat, tagging, and summaries

Designed for Every Apple Platform

Surfed feels at home on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and visionOS with native UI, keyboard shortcuts, and multitasking. One purchase unlocks the entire suite.

Single purchase for iOS, macOS, and visionOS with full sync
Safari extension, Share Sheet, and Shortcuts actions everywhere
Multi-window on iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro
Keyboard shortcuts

New in Surfed 4.1

Built-in developer tools, smarter automation, and faster workflows

Highlights from the latest release on iOS, macOS, and visionOS. Explore the full changelog for every improvement.

View full changelog

Web Developer Tools

Inspect elements, monitor network calls, and debug scripts with the native Web Inspector and Network Monitor just like on desktop Safari.

Secure Vault & Autofill

Store passwords and secrets, and 2FA codes in the new vault, then autofill them across sites while keeping everything encrypted locally.

Custom Search Engines

Add, reorder, and edit search engines to match your research workflow and trigger them quickly from the address bar.

AI Code Assistant

Generate JavaScript or HTML Playground snippets with natural language prompts to speed up testing and prototyping.

Better Downloads & Tabs

Live Activities, richer download details, drop-to-tab support, and a new Close All Tabs action keep browsing tidy.

Automation Upgrades

New Web Trigger actions, toolbar website tags, search improvements, and URL clean-up tools make automations safer and easier.

Automation & Developer Tools

Inspect, edit, and automate the web without leaving Surfed

Surfed ships with professional Web Developer Tools plus Automations and AI helpers. Debug complex apps with Web Inspector and the Network Monitor, test ideas inside the HTML Playground, or lean on the AI Code Assistant to scaffold snippets.

Web Inspector, Network Monitor, HTML Playground, and JavaScript Console
Secure Vault & Password Manager with autofill + 2FA support
Custom search engine templates and URL clean-up tools
AI Code Assistant for JavaScript or HTML Playground prompts

Automation Stack

Trigger workflows automatically as you browse with Web Trigger Actions, Shortcuts, and the Surfed Safari extension.

Gallery of ready-to-use Web Trigger recipes + custom builder
Downloads with Live Activities
Website tags in the toolbar plus quick tag & collection search

Optional AI Assistance

Use AI when you need it, stay in full control when you don’t.

Ask about the current session or a single page via AI Chat
AI tagging keeps smart collections organized automatically
Summarize articles instantly for research or study recaps

What users saying…

«So good it should be a native feature
Surfed rules. It lets me retrace my steps through the web, because I can’t keep tabs open forever and I don’t always bookmark what I intend to […]»

motofreak1990

«looking forward to the future of the app. I don't think its scratched the surface of what it'll end up being able to do […]»

rich aesthetic

«Amazing!
Ever notice how some google searches disappear in Safaris history? This app fixes that issue. It tracks whatever you want to track and let’s you BLOCK the tracking of whatever you don’t want to track. Personally, I just use it to track my Google searches—because Safari makes them disappear! This app is so good, it feels like something Apple would do […]»

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Any questions?
Check out the FAQs

Still have unanswered questions and need to get in touch?

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Browsing history is private and personal. All data is stored only on your device and cannot be viewed by anyone else, including us.
Surfed does not collect analytics and diagnostic data.

Sure! Syncronise all your browsing history, Tags, Collections, Web Trigger and Settings across your devices with iCloud.

Yes! Most actions are available via keyboard shortcuts on the iPad. Long press the command key to get a list of available keyboard commands for the current selection. You can navigate between views with the Tap-Key.

Absolutely! Collections and Tags can be searched via the iOS spotlight search.

Long press on an selected item will show you a context menu with available actions. List items have trailing and leading swipe actions. On the iPad all actions are available via keyboard shortcuts.

Filter

Filter	Shortcut
Key Fields (Title, URL, Meta Description)	`a:{term}`
URL	`u:{term}`
Title	`t:{term}`
Meta Description	`m:{term}`
Tag	`#{term}`
Note	`n:{term}`
Article	`c:{term}`
Author	`p:{term}`
Language	`l:{term}`
HTML Source	Web Trigger

Replace {term} with your search string.
Add a ! before the shortcut to negate the filter e.g. !u:{term}.

State

Filter	Shortcut
Flagged	`:f`
Favorited	`:s`
Private Mode	`:f`
Listened	`:l`
Listening	`:lg`
Read	`:r`

Date and Time

Filter	Shortcut
Today	`:t`
Yesterday	`:ld`
Current Week	`:w`
Current Month	`:m`
Current Day	`:d`
Current Year	`:y`
Current Weekday
Current Hour
Last Week	`:lw`
Last Month	`:lm`
Last Day	`:ld`
Last Year	`:f`
Hour	Select from list
Day	Select from list
Month	Select from list
Year	Select from list
Weekday	Select from list
Last day of month	Smart setup
Last number of days	Smart setup
Session Time	Smart setup
Morning	`:tm`
Afternoon	`:ta`
Evening	`:te`
At Night	`:tn`

Filter with marked as Smart setup are only available in Smart Collection and Web Trigger setup.

Location

Filter	Shortcut
Device	Select from list
Space	Select from list

Conditions

Condition	Availability
is	`Filter`, `Date`, `State`, `Location`
is not	`Filter`, `Date`, `State`, `Location`
contains	`Filter`
contains not	`Filter`
begins with	`Filter`
ends with	`Filter`
matches regular expression	`Filter`
before	`Date`
after	`Date`
less than	`Date`
more than	`Date`

Actions

Type	Background Action	Notification Action
Run Shortcut
Open App Scheme / URL
Background Web Request
Copy to Clipboard
Show Notification
Perform JavaScript
Toggle Favourite State
Toggle Flagged State
Tag with latest Tag
Add Tag…
Tag website with…
Assign to Space
Open URL
Reminder
App Badge
Listen Article
Add Tags with AI
Summarise Article with AI
Add Note
Show Article

Setup Functions

Type
Custom Parameter
Custom Color
Comment
Search & Replace
Remove String
Regular Expression
URL Encode
URL Decode
Unshorten URL

Use setup functions as helper actions, and for storing and reusing values in variables.

Setup Parameters

Parameter
URL
Title
Meta-Description
JSON-Dictionary
HTML-Source
URL-Components
Formatted URL
Article
Formatted Article
Author
Language
Reading Time
Session Time
Total Session Time
Daily Session Time
Visits
Favourites as JavaScript-Array
Today as JavaScript-Array
Collection items as JavaScript-Array
Tag items as JavaScript-Array

Nearly everything can be reached via deep link:

Item	URL Scheme
History	surfed://history
Today	surfed://today
Favorites	surfed://favorite
Top Pages	surfed://statistic/sites
Top Domains	surfed://statistic/domains
Session Time	surfed://statistic/time
Reminders	surfed://reminders
Search	surfed://search/term
Collection	surfed://collection/name
Tag	surfed://tag/name
Web Trigger	surfed://webtrigger
Device	surfed://device/uuid
Space	surfed://space/uuid
Show Article	surfed://article/uuid
Speak Article	surfed://speak/uuid
Summarise Article	surfed://summarize/uuid

Replace *uuid* with the UUID of the item or replace *name* with the item name.

Yes, Surfed is localised into English, German, French and Chinese (simplified).

If you find a typo or wrong translation or if you want to add a new localisation, follow this link or contact me.

A Tag Action will be performed automatically if a URL, tagged with this tag, is opened. As part of this action, you can remove the tag from this URL and add new tags to it. This could be very useful for a #Readlater tag. Add this tag to a URL if you want to read it later. Then, when it is opened, you can remove it or, for example, move the URL to a #Done tag.

Yes, Surfed can record all your browser history for Chromium (Arc, Brave, Chromium, Edge, Opera, …) and Firefox browsers on macOS. On iOS, it is not possible to provide browser extensions for browsers other than Safari.

Browser extension for Chrome: Install

Browser extension for Firefox: Install

Yes, you can search your history, collections and tags right from the terminal, without opening the macOS app. Navigate to Surfed.app/Contents/MacOS/surfed-cli.app/Contents/MacOS and run ./surfed-cli to get a help with all parameters.

Feature Comparison

Feature	Free	Pro
Unlimited Browser History
Record Safari, Chromium, Firefox history on macOS
Unlimited Tags
Spaces with iOS 17 Safari Profiles support
Search Filters
Multiple Search Terms
Full-Text Search
Browser Dashboard
Article Reader View
Spotlight Search
Configurable List Actions
Hide Items
QR Code Link
Link Notes
Link Actions
Messages Extension
iCloud Sync
Password Protection
Listen Articles
Share Article as Audio
Unlimited Smart Collections
Unlimited Web Triggers
Shortcuts Automation
Focus Filter
Widgets
Reminders
Statistics
Export
Tag Action
AI Actions OpenAI API-Key needed
Print Lists
PDF Export
CSV Export
Blacklist websites from history
Backup and Restore
Custom Colours and App Icon