PartsBox searches your whole parts database as you type, with no need to press ENTER. The index lives in the browser, so results appear instantly, with no server round-trip, even with tens of thousands of parts.
Search is fuzzy, which suits the way electronic parts are named. Typing 61a20dwp finds the TPA6120A2DWP; typing mcp78381 finds the MCP73832T-2ACI/OT you have in stock. You do not need the exact part number, the right punctuation, or the characters in the right order — a few characters from the middle of a name are usually enough. Exact matches are visually set apart from partial ones, so the best candidates are easy to spot in a fuzzy result list.
The search covers every field that identifies a part: name, manufacturer part number, internal (company) part number, manufacturer, description, footprint, notes, and custom fields. A part that has an internal part number is found by either its MPN or your own number, so it does not matter which one you remember.
Prefix a word with # to filter by tag exactly, rather than fuzzily. Searching #smd returns only parts tagged smd. Tags combine with each other and with a fuzzy term: 4k7 #0402 #resistor first narrows to parts tagged resistor and 0402, then runs a fuzzy search for 4k7 within them. Linked parts get tags like the package and mounting style automatically from their specifications, so this works without tagging anything by hand.
The same search works everywhere there is a table — parts, storage, projects, orders, lots — so the way you find a part is the way you find anything else. Each table also has its own in-table search box for narrowing just the rows in front of you. When a fuzzy match is not precise enough — every part where a custom field has a given value, every lot expiring before a date — switch to table filtering, which asks structured questions instead of matching text.
Search is in every plan, including the free Maker plan.