defaultbrowser

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

Install

Build it:

make

Install it into your executable path:

make install

Usage

  COMMANDS:
  -ls, list         list all available HTTP handlers and show the current setting
  -g,  get          print the current browser
  -h, help          show this screen
  set <BROWSER>     set the default browser to <BROWSER>

EXAMPLES:
  defaultbrowser set chrome
  defaultbrowser set "google chrome"
  defaultbrowser set com.google.chrome

Examples

list all available browsers and show the current setting

$ defaultbrowser list
  firefox
  chrome
* safari

set the browser to chrome

$ defaultbrowser set chrome

print the current browser

$ defaultbrowser get
safari

How does it work?

The code uses the macOS Launch Services API.

License

MIT

Credits

Forked from kerma/defaultbrowser