patrickjs/browserosaurus — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2025-08-02
Click a link in Mail or Slack and choose which installed browser opens it.
Route work-related links to one browser and personal browsing to another.
Use a dedicated browser for testing while keeping your everyday browser separate.
Install via Homebrew as a lightweight always-on link-routing utility.
| patrickjs/browserosaurus | 0verflowme/alarm-clock | 0verflowme/seclists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language | — | CSS | — |
| Last pushed | 2025-08-02 | 2022-10-03 | 2020-05-03 |
| Maintenance | Quiet | Dormant | Dormant |
| Setup difficulty | easy | easy | easy |
| Complexity | 1/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 |
| Audience | general | vibe coder | ops devops |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
No longer actively maintained, only officially supports the latest version of macOS.
Browserosaurus is a small utility app for Mac that sits between you and your web browser, letting you choose which browser to open a link in every time you click one. Instead of always opening Safari, Chrome, or Firefox by default, Browserosaurus intercepts the link and shows you a quick menu of all your installed browsers so you can pick on the spot. Here's how it works in practice: You're reading an email in Apple Mail and click a link. Instead of it immediately opening in your default browser, a menu pops up showing all your available browsers. You select which one you want, and the link opens there. This is useful if you have multiple browsers installed and want to route different links to different apps, maybe you use one for work, another for personal browsing, and a third for testing. The app works by telling your Mac that it is your default browser. When any app (Mail, Messages, Slack, Twitter, etc.) tries to open a link, macOS sends it to Browserosaurus first. The app then gets out of the way and lets you choose where to actually send it. Note: This project is no longer actively maintained by its creator, so while the code is available and open-source, don't expect new features or bug fixes. It's available for download from GitHub or through Homebrew (a package manager for Mac). The creator notes it only officially supports the latest version of macOS.
A Mac utility that intercepts links and lets you pick which installed browser opens them, instead of always using your default.
Quiet — no commits in 6-12 months (last push 2025-08-02).
License is not stated in the available content.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly general.
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