fanyang89/defaultbrowser

Command line tool for getting and setting a default browser (HTTP handler) in macOS

defaultbrowser

Command line tool for setting the default browser (HTTP handler) in macOS X.

Install

Build it:

make

Install it into your executable path:

make install

Usage

Set the default browser with, e.g.:

defaultbrowser chrome

Running defaultbrowser without arguments lists available HTTP handlers and shows the current setting.

How does it work?

The code uses the macOS Launch Services API.

Additional Resources

• Bash completion for defaultbrowser

License

MIT