b-r-o-w-s-e

b-r-o-w-s-e

A default browser for macOS that uses a config file + regular expressions to determine which browser to open URL's in.

Installing

Running script/install via the CLI will build and install b-r-o-w-s-e. Alternatively you can follow the steps of script/install manually.

Configuration

After installing b-r-o-w-s-e you need to set it as the default browser in System Preferences -> General.

You also want to add some configuration. Without it, b-r-o-w-s-e won't work. Here's a sample config file to build on:

{
  "defaultBrowser": "Safari",
  "browsers": [
    { "name": "Safari", "path": "/Applications/Safari.app" },
    { "name": "Chrome", "path": "/Applications/Google Chrome.app" },
    { "name": "Firefox", "path": "/Applications/Firefox.app" }
  ],
  "matchers": [
    { "regexp": "https?://localhost", "browser": "Chrome" },
    { "regexp": "https?.*?github.com", "browser": "Chrome" }
  ]
}

Defining Browsers

Browsers go under the browsers array in the configuration file and require a name and path property. The name property is how rules know what browser to target and path is where the application lives.

eg: { "name": "Firefox", "path": "/Applications/Firefox.app" }

The configuration also supports a defaultBrowser property which is the default browser b-r-o-w-s-e opens when no matchers match the url to open.

Defining Matchers

Matchers are the bread and butter of b-r-o-w-s-e. In the matchers array of the config, you define objects with a regexp that is run against the opened URL and if it matches it opens the browser defined by its browser property.