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will-stone/browserosaurus

🦖 The browser prompter for macOS observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/will-stone/browserosaurus · homepage · TypeScript · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 34
  • Release rhythm 16
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 93.5
  • age_days: 3361
  • days_rel: 402
  • days_push: 396
  • n_releases_24m: 3

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2014 stars · 198 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Browserosaurus is an open-source macOS browser prompter that registers itself as the default browser and shows a picker menu of installed browsers whenever a link is clicked from a non-browser app. It is built with Electron, React, and TypeScript.

Use cases

  • choose which browser opens links clicked in other apps
  • prompt for browser on every link click on macOS
  • set a favourite browser with a hotkey
  • preview the URL before opening it in a browser
  • use multiple browsers with per-link selection

When to choose

  • you use macOS and switch between multiple browsers
  • you want a visual picker instead of URL-based rules
  • you want an open-source alternative to default-browser utilities

When to avoid

  • you need automatic per-URL rules (use Finicky instead)
  • you need Windows or Linux support
  • you want actively maintained software - the project is no longer maintained

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

gui developer-tools operating-systems developer-tools browser-extensions desktop-applications browser-picker default-browser menu-bar-app link-handling electron-app macos electron desktop

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
will-stone/browserosaurusmain10

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="will-stone/browserosaurus")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem