What is Surfed?
Surfed is a comprehensive browser and knowledge management system designed exclusively for Apple platforms including iOS, macOS, and visionOS. It combines a native browser with powerful organizational tools to create a unified system for browsing, research, and knowledge retention. The platform maintains a global, multi-browser history that syncs across all devices, allowing users to search every browser session they've ever opened.
The system includes smart bookmark collections, tags, notes, reminders, and Spaces that help organize work, study, and research projects. Surfed offers built-in developer tools, Web Trigger automations, Media Viewer capabilities, and optional AI helpers for chat, tagging, and summarization. All browsing data remains private and stored locally on the user's device, with synchronization available through iCloud.
Features
- Global History Search: Search across all browser sessions with advanced filters for title, URL, tags, notes, and metadata
- Smart Collections: Create dynamic bookmark collections that automatically update as you browse
- Web Developer Tools: Built-in Web Inspector, Network Monitor, HTML Playground, and JavaScript console
- AI Assistance: Optional AI chat, tagging, summarization, and code generation capabilities
- Web Trigger Automations: Create automated workflows triggered by browsing activities
- Multi-Browser Support: Record history from Safari, Chromium browsers, and Firefox on macOS
- Spaces Organization: Separate work, study, and projects into dedicated spaces with iOS 17 Safari Profiles support
- Media Viewer: View all images, videos, and audio files on web pages in one place
Use Cases
- Academic research and study organization
- Web development and debugging projects
- Content research and article summarization
- Personal knowledge management and information retrieval
- Professional research and project planning
- Automating repetitive browsing tasks
- Code testing and prototyping with AI assistance
- Cross-device browsing history synchronization
FAQs
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How does Surfed handle privacy and data storage?
All browsing history and data is stored only on your device and cannot be viewed by anyone else, including the developers. Surfed does not collect analytics or diagnostic data. -
Which browsers does Surfed support for history recording?
On macOS, Surfed can record history from Safari, Chromium browsers (Arc, Brave, Chromium, Edge, Opera), and Firefox. On iOS, it supports Safari through browser extensions. -
What AI capabilities does Surfed offer?
Surfed provides optional AI chat about current sessions or pages, AI tagging for automatic collection organization, article summarization, and an AI Code Assistant for generating JavaScript or HTML snippets. -
Can I access Surfed features from the command line?
Yes, macOS includes a command line interface (CLI) that allows searching history, collections, and tags directly from the terminal without opening the app. -
What platforms and languages does Surfed support?
Surfed is available for iOS, macOS, and visionOS with a single purchase. The app is localized into English, German, French, and Chinese (simplified).
