diff --git a/misc/alpaca/Makefile b/misc/alpaca/Makefile
index 9e03ca904b11..5b65111de983 100644
--- a/misc/alpaca/Makefile
+++ b/misc/alpaca/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	alpaca
-DISTVERSION=	2.7.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 
 MAINTAINER=	nivit@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Ollama client made with GTK4 and Adwaita
 WWW=		https://github.com/Jeffser/Alpaca
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libappstream.so:devel/appstream \
 		libgtksourceview-5.so:x11-toolkits/gtksourceview5
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_PILLOW} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}html2text>=2.2.3:textproc/py-html2text@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pypdf>=4.3.1:print/py-pypdf@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytube>=15.0.0:multimedia/py-pytube@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.32.3:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}youtube-transcript-api>=0.6.2:www/py-youtube-transcript-api@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		ollama:misc/ollama
 
 USES=		desktop-file-utils gettext-runtime gettext-tools gnome meson \
-		python
+		python shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Jeffser
 GH_PROJECT=	Alpaca
 USE_GNOME=	pygobject3:run vte3
 
+SHEBANG_FILES=	src/alpaca_search_provider.py.in
+
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		-e 's/python3/${PYTHON_VERSION}/1' ${WRKSRC}/src/meson.build
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/alpaca/distinfo b/misc/alpaca/distinfo
index 3b0103f64575..ba5b5df222c4 100644
--- a/misc/alpaca/distinfo
+++ b/misc/alpaca/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1730707201
-SHA256 (Jeffser-Alpaca-2.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 5f7baba4d3c702d38c8759c6c84f909660ff0574b60d753a9ad63fed9bba6c2f
-SIZE (Jeffser-Alpaca-2.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 566376
+TIMESTAMP = 1732522317
+SHA256 (Jeffser-Alpaca-2.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 47d9786a0faac993b3b1c06f5d0f2dac644b1569a4cdaed762322fbb94f94874
+SIZE (Jeffser-Alpaca-2.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 565358
diff --git a/misc/alpaca/pkg-plist b/misc/alpaca/pkg-plist
index 543f978b324e..c0c4ff39fe57 100644
--- a/misc/alpaca/pkg-plist
+++ b/misc/alpaca/pkg-plist
@@ -1,35 +1,40 @@
 bin/alpaca
+bin/alpaca_search_provider
 share/Alpaca/alpaca.gresource
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/__init__.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/available_models.json
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/available_models_descriptions.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/connection_handler.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/custom_widgets/chat_widget.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/custom_widgets/dialog_widget.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/custom_widgets/message_widget.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/custom_widgets/model_widget.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/custom_widgets/table_widget.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/custom_widgets/terminal_widget.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/generic_actions.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/internal.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/main.py
 share/Alpaca/alpaca/window.py
+share/applications/com.jeffser.Alpaca.SearchProvider.desktop
 share/applications/com.jeffser.Alpaca.desktop
+share/dbus-1/services/com.jeffser.Alpaca.SearchProvider.service
 share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.jeffser.Alpaca.gschema.xml
+share/gnome-shell/search-providers/com.jeffser.Alpaca.search-provider.ini
 share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/com.jeffser.Alpaca.png
 share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/com.jeffser.Alpaca.svg
 share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/com.jeffser.Alpaca-symbolic.svg
 share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
+share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/nb_NO/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/locale/zh_Hans/LC_MESSAGES/alpaca.mo
 share/metainfo/com.jeffser.Alpaca.metainfo.xml