diff --git a/website/src/metadata_parser.js b/website/src/metadata_parser.js
index fab943d66..f0a70babb 100644
--- a/website/src/metadata_parser.js
+++ b/website/src/metadata_parser.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const ALLOW_MANY = ['by', 'url', 'genre', 'license'];
+const ALLOW_MANY = ['by', 'url', 'genre', 'license', 'tag'];
 
 export function getMetadata(raw_code) {
   if (raw_code == null) {
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
index 5e0d50e72..588f8f39e 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { Pagination } from '../pagination/Pagination.jsx';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { useDebounce } from '../usedebounce.jsx';
 import cx from '@src/cx.mjs';
+import { Textbox } from '../textbox/Textbox.jsx';
 
 export function PatternLabel({ pattern } /* : { pattern: Tables<'code'> } */) {
   const meta = useMemo(() => getMetadata(pattern.code), [pattern]);
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export function PatternLabel({ pattern } /* : { pattern: Tables<'code'> } */) {
   }
 
   const author = Array.isArray(meta.by) ? meta.by.join(',') : 'Anonymous';
-  return <>{`${pattern.id}: ${title} by ${author.slice(0, 100)}`.slice(0, 60)}</>;
+  return <>{`${title} by ${author.slice(0, 100)}`.slice(0, 60)}</>;
 }
 
 function PatternButton({ showOutline, onClick, pattern, showHiglight }) {
@@ -79,73 +80,117 @@ const updateCodeWindow = (context, patternData, reset = false) => {
   context.handleUpdate(patternData, reset);
 };
 
-function UserPatterns({ context }) {
+export function PatternsTab({ context }) {
+  const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
   const activePattern = useActivePattern();
   const viewingPatternStore = useViewingPatternData();
   const viewingPatternData = parseJSON(viewingPatternStore);
-  const { userPatterns, patternFilter, patternAutoStart } = useSettings();
+  const { userPatterns, patternAutoStart } = useSettings();
   const viewingPatternID = viewingPatternData?.id;
-  return (
-    <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 flex-grow overflow-hidden h-full pb-2 ">
-      <div className="pr-4 space-x-4  flex max-w-full overflow-x-auto">
-        <ActionButton
-          label="new"
-          onClick={() => {
-            const { data } = userPattern.createAndAddToDB();
-            updateCodeWindow(context, data);
-          }}
-        />
-        <ActionButton
-          label="duplicate"
-          onClick={() => {
-            const { data } = userPattern.duplicate(viewingPatternData);
-            updateCodeWindow(context, data);
-          }}
-        />
-        <ActionButton
-          label="delete"
-          onClick={() => {
-            const { data } = userPattern.delete(viewingPatternID);
-            updateCodeWindow(context, { ...data, collection: userPattern.collection });
-          }}
-        />
-        <label className="hover:opacity-50 cursor-pointer">
-          <input
-            style={{ display: 'none' }}
-            type="file"
-            multiple
-            accept="text/plain,text/x-markdown,application/json"
-            onChange={(e) => importPatterns(e.target.files)}
-          />
-          import
-        </label>
-        <ActionButton label="export" onClick={exportPatterns} />
 
-        <ActionButton
-          label="delete-all"
-          onClick={() => {
-            const { data } = userPattern.clearAll();
-            updateCodeWindow(context, data);
-          }}
-        />
-      </div>
+  const visiblePatterns = useMemo(() => {
+    return Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(userPatterns).filter(([_key, pattern]) => {
+        if (!search) {
+          return true;
+        }
 
-      <div className="overflow-auto h-full bg-background p-2 rounded-md">
-        {/* {patternFilter === patternFilterName.user && ( */}
-        <PatternButtons
-          onClick={(id) => {
-            updateCodeWindow(context, { ...userPatterns[id], collection: userPattern.collection }, patternAutoStart);
+        const meta = getMetadata(pattern.code);
 
-            if (context.started && activePattern === id) {
-              context.handleEvaluate();
+        // Search for specific meta keys
+        const searchTrimmed = search.trim();
+        if (searchTrimmed.includes(':')) {
+          const [metaKey, metaSearch] = searchTrimmed.split(':');
+          if (metaKey !== undefined && metaSearch !== undefined && metaKey in meta) {
+            const metaValues = meta[metaKey];
+            if (Array.isArray(metaValues)) {
+              return metaValues.some((metaValue) => metaValue.toLowerCase().includes(metaSearch.trim().toLowerCase()));
+            } else if (typeof metaValues === 'string') {
+              return metaValues.toLowerCase().includes(metaSearch.trim().toLowerCase());
+            } else {
+              return false;
             }
-          }}
-          patterns={userPatterns}
-          started={context.started}
-          activePattern={activePattern}
-          viewingPatternID={viewingPatternID}
-        />
-        {/* )} */}
+          }
+        }
+        const title = meta.title ? meta.title : 'unnamed';
+        const authors = meta.by ? meta.by : ['anonymous'];
+        const tags = meta.tag ? meta.tag : [];
+        const lowerCaseSearch = search.toLowerCase();
+        return (
+          title.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearch) ||
+          authors.some((author) => author.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearch)) ||
+          tags.some((tag) => tag.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearch))
+        );
+      }),
+    );
+  }, [search, viewingPatternStore]);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="px-4 w-full text-foreground  space-y-2  flex flex-col overflow-hidden max-h-full h-full">
+      <div class="w-full flex">
+        <Textbox className="w-full" placeholder="Search" value={search} onChange={setSearch} />
+      </div>
+      <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 flex-grow overflow-hidden h-full pb-2 ">
+        <div className="pr-4 space-x-4  flex max-w-full overflow-x-auto">
+          <ActionButton
+            label="new"
+            onClick={() => {
+              const { data } = userPattern.createAndAddToDB();
+              updateCodeWindow(context, data);
+            }}
+          />
+          <ActionButton
+            label="duplicate"
+            onClick={() => {
+              const { data } = userPattern.duplicate(viewingPatternData);
+              updateCodeWindow(context, data);
+            }}
+          />
+          <ActionButton
+            label="delete"
+            onClick={() => {
+              const { data } = userPattern.delete(viewingPatternID);
+              updateCodeWindow(context, { ...data, collection: userPattern.collection });
+            }}
+          />
+          <label className="hover:opacity-50 cursor-pointer">
+            <input
+              style={{ display: 'none' }}
+              type="file"
+              multiple
+              accept="text/plain,text/x-markdown,application/json"
+              onChange={(e) => importPatterns(e.target.files)}
+            />
+            import
+          </label>
+          <ActionButton label="export" onClick={exportPatterns} />
+
+          <ActionButton
+            label="delete-all"
+            onClick={() => {
+              const { data } = userPattern.clearAll();
+              updateCodeWindow(context, data);
+            }}
+          />
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="overflow-auto h-full bg-background p-2 rounded-md">
+          {/* {patternFilter === patternFilterName.user && ( */}
+          <PatternButtons
+            onClick={(id) => {
+              updateCodeWindow(context, { ...userPatterns[id], collection: userPattern.collection }, patternAutoStart);
+
+              if (context.started && activePattern === id) {
+                context.handleEvaluate();
+              }
+            }}
+            patterns={visiblePatterns}
+            started={context.started}
+            activePattern={activePattern}
+            viewingPatternID={viewingPatternID}
+          />
+          {/* )} */}
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
@@ -232,28 +277,3 @@ function PublicPatterns({ context }) {
   }
   return <LatestPatterns context={context} />;
 }
-
-export function PatternsTab({ context }) {
-  const { patternFilter } = useSettings();
-
-  return (
-    <div className="px-4 w-full text-foreground  space-y-2  flex flex-col overflow-hidden max-h-full h-full">
-      <UserPatterns context={context} />
-    </div>
-  );
-  /* return (
-    <div className="px-4 w-full text-foreground  space-y-2  flex flex-col overflow-hidden max-h-full h-full">
-      <ButtonGroup
-        value={patternFilter}
-        onChange={(value) => settingsMap.setKey('patternFilter', value)}
-        items={patternFilterName}
-      ></ButtonGroup>
-
-      {patternFilter === patternFilterName.user ? (
-        <UserPatterns context={context} />
-      ) : (
-        <PublicPatterns context={context} />
-      )}
-    </div>
-  ); */
-}