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A macOS app for customizing which browser to start

17 mentions on Hacker News by 15 people: 2 stories, 15 comments · first 2021-01-11 · latest 2026-08-10

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    A macOS app for customizing which browser to start
    story by mooreds · 2026-08-10 · 0 comments
  2. I use https://github.com/johnste/finicky
    comment by milofeynman · 2026-05-23 · in BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork
  3. …(firefox / chrome) or even specific chrome profiles. It'll also allow you to rewrite the urls. [0] https://github.com/johnste/finicky
    comment by milofeynman · 2026-05-23 · in BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork
  4. …Finicky[1] on Mac to rewrite the URL by extracting the original URL from the query params[2]. 1: https://github.com/johnste/finicky 2: https://github.com/fphilipe/dotfiles/blob/31e3d18fe5f51b2fd8...
    comment by fphilipe · 2025-09-19 · in Want to piss off your IT department? Are the links not malicious looking enough?
  5. Related: https://github.com/johnste/finicky , “A macOS app for customizing which browser to start”. Write a JSON file to tell it when to open a link in a certain browser, to strip certain strings like utm codes, etc
    comment by squeegee_scream · 2025-05-30 · in Show HN: Donut Browser, a Browser Orchestrator
  6. Just curious, did you explore finicky( https://github.com/johnste/finicky ) or Choosy( https://choosy.app )?
    comment by pebblesun · 2024-04-21 · in Show HN: I built a small utility that handles multiple browser instances for you
  7. Yes, I'd love to do that. There is in fact already an app that does this on macOs ( https://github.com/johnste/finicky ). And you can chain them so that finicky runs first and then calls a chooser UI "browser" as a fallback. But I would…
    comment by nicoburns · 2023-10-20 · in Using extra Firefox profiles to make my life better
  8. If you want to avoid that, but have control of where urls are opened (and use a mac); https://github.com/johnste/finicky
    comment by Fuzzwah · 2023-10-10 · in Firefox tooltip bug fixed after 22 years
  9. I'm currently experimenting with "link eye" from FDroid on Android. There's also [finicky]( https://github.com/johnste/finicky ) for MacOS.
    comment by nickspacek · 2023-06-27 · in Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
  10. …(Linux browser picker): https://github.com/sonnyp/Junction - Finicky (macOS browser rule setter): https://github.com/johnste/finicky and Browserosaurus (macOS browser picker): https://github.com/will-stone/browserosaurus - Hurl (Windows…
    comment by commoner · 2023-02-05 · in Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now
  11. The use of tools like Finicky ( https://github.com/johnste/finicky ) have made it pretty easy for me segregate certain workloads to certain browsers (as long as the links are opened from outside of the current browser). Safari is my daily…
    comment by halostatue · 2022-07-14 · in Nyxt 3 Pre-release 1 (a Lisp powered web browser)
  12. …vary): browser: ({ urlString }) => ({ name: 'Brave Browser', args: ['-incognito', urlString], }), https://github.com/johnste/finicky
    comment by mijkal · 2022-06-29 · in Ask HN: How can I make Mail/Messages links open in Incognito by default?
  13. …with a preview! The other thing that works well with this for a life upgrade on a mac is finicky (GitHub.com/johnste/finicky )
    comment by azca · 2022-05-10 · in AltTab – Windows alt-tab on macOS
  14. …list and is based on the above. https://github.com/halostatue/dotfiles/blob/main/private_dot... https://github.com/johnste/finicky
    comment by halostatue · 2021-09-19 · in TrackerZapper Mac app silently removes tracking parameters from links you copy
  15. If you are on a Mac, have a look at finicky to manage which URLs should open in a specific browser. https://github.com/johnste/finicky
    comment by rmkrmk · 2021-08-30 · in Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)
  16. Works fine on MacOS (BigSur) https://github.com/johnste/finicky As for iOS: yes stuck with safari as default.
    comment by touristtam · 2021-08-19 · in Microsoft is making it harder to switch default browsers in Windows 11
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    Mac Firefox users: selectively open Google Meet links on Chrome with finicky
    story by ai_ja_nai · 2021-01-11 · 0 comments