Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi & Opera

These are all Chromium browsers, so the steps are nearly identical. You have two options: the manual method (works today) and the Suede extension (available now on all five).

Manual method — works today

This is the most reliable way, and it needs nothing extra.

Chrome

1. Open Settings → Search engine → Manage search engines and site search (or paste chrome://settings/searchEngines into the address bar).
2. Next to Site search, click Add.
3. Fill in:
   • Search engine — Suede
   • Shortcut — suede (a keyword you can type to search Suede on demand)
   • URL with %s in place of query — https://suede.io/search?q=%s
4. Click Add, then open the ⋮ menu next to Suede and choose Make default.

Edge

1. Go to edge://settings/searchEngines (Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Address bar and search → Manage search engines).
2. Click Add, then enter:
   • Search engine — Suede
   • Shortcut — suede
   • URL with %s in place of query — https://suede.io/search?q=%s
3. Click Add, then ⋯ → Make default next to Suede.

Brave, Vivaldi & Opera

The same idea, with slightly different menus:

• Brave — brave://settings/searchEngines → Add → set the URL to https://suede.io/search?q=%s → Make default.
• Vivaldi — Settings → Search → Add a new engine with Nickname suede and URL https://suede.io/search?q=%s, then tick Set as Default Search.
• Opera — Settings → Search engine → Manage search engines → Add with URL https://suede.io/search?q=%s, then Make default.

Suede extension

The Suede Search extension puts Suede one click away: a toolbar button that opens Suede, and a suede keyword you can type in the address bar to search Suede directly — with results, suggestions, your !bangs, views, and @snaps.

Microsoft Edge — available now

Install it from Edge Add-ons and click Get.

Chrome, Brave, Vivaldi & Opera — available now

Install it from the Chrome Web Store and click Add to Chrome (the button is labeled for your browser), then confirm the prompt.

On Windows and macOS, Chrome can also let the extension set Suede as your default engine directly — approve the change when the browser asks. (On Linux, Chromium does not let an extension change the default engine; use the manual method above — the extension still adds Suede to the list for one-click selection.)