Welcome to the GitHub repository of Bang Navigator, a privacy-centric search and research browser designed to enhance your mobile search experience while ensuring your personal data and identity remains secure during research. Built with Flutter, Bang Navigator offers a seamless and intuitive interface across both Android and iOS devices, integrating the powerful tools of Kagi Search Engine.

Features

Bang Navigator is packed with a variety of features aimed at improving usability and maintaining privacy:

Cross-Platform Support: Developed using Flutter, ensuring a consistent and smooth experience on both Android and iOS.
Native Browser Engine: Utilizes the native browser engine of the device for optimal performance and compatibility.
Privacy by Default: Incognito mode is enabled by default to keep your searches and browsing history private.
Full Browser Functionality: Includes all the essential features of a basic browser to browse the web efficiently.
Kagi Integration: Seamlessly integrates Kagi's search, assistant, and summarizer tools within a user-friendly interface.
Easy Sharing: Share URLs or text from any app directly into Bang Navigator without the need to copy and paste, for direct use with summarizer/assistant.
Quick Summarization: Long press any link on a website to get a summary via Kagi's summarizer.
Enhanced Text Interaction: Custom context menu allows for easy passage of marked text to Kagi's search or assistant tools.
Home Widget: Includes a home screen widget for quick actions, enhancing productivity.
Speech Input: Supports voice commands for hands-free operation and accessibility.
PDF processing: Open and directly summarize/prompt PDF documents.

Getting Started

To get started with Bang Navigator, simply grab the latest release matching your device architecture (most probably ARM 64), which is either armeabi-v7a (ARM 32-bit), arm64-v8a (ARM 64-bit), or x86-64 (x86 64-bit).

For now, there are only Android builds provided.

Install the app, then obtain your Session Link (see Kagi's Docs for details), and paste the link into the field on the settings page.

Quickstart guide

Kagi Tools

Access Kagi's comprehensive suite of tools directly through the three-dots menu or seamlessly integrate content by sharing it from another app. This feature allows for a fluid transition between your external content and Kagi's powerful search and assistant functionalities.

The Home Widget provides quick access to key features right from your home screen.

Highlight

Easily highlight text within Bang Navigator to instantly search or generate prompts. This feature simplifies the process of querying or interacting with text-based content on the web.

Tabs

Manage multiple browsing sessions effortlessly with the tabbed browsing feature.

Link Actions

Interact with links through long-press or by tapping on the title to open a context-specific actions menu. This feature enhances navigation efficiency and provides quick access to a range of options like direct summarization or sharing.