Choosy Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Choosy for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Velja. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Browserosaurus or Browserino. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Choosy and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Choosy are OpenIn, Switchbar, Browsers and Finicky.

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  1. Velja icon
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    Open links in a specific browser or a matching native app. Easily switch between browsers.

    36 Velja alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
    • Velja is the most popular Mac alternative to Choosy.

    • Velja is the most popular commercial alternative to Choosy.

    • Velja is Paid and ProprietaryChoosy is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Velja is LightweightChoosy is not according to our users
  2. Browserosaurus icon
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    Browserosaurus is an open-source (MIT license), Electron-based app for macOS. It works by setting itself as the default browser; any clicked links in non-browser apps are now sent to Browserosaurus where it’ll present you with a menu of all your installed browsers.

    30 Browserosaurus alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Browserosaurus as an Alternative to Choosy
    Guest
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    You need to pick every time the browser, doesn't allow to have rules to automatically open the appropriate one.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Browserosaurus is a great Choosy alternative.

    • Browserosaurus is Free and Open SourceChoosy is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Browserino icon
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    Browserino is a tiny browser selector for MacOS written in SwiftUI. Just set as default browser, assign shortcuts, and now you can choose in which application you want to open the link.

    22 Browserino alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  4. OpenIn icon
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    Remember the last time you double-clicked an app and regretted it right away? Because fully loaded IDE was a default application for a Markdown file, you wanted to edit? No more. We give you a list of applications that support a specific file type, so you can choose which...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Setapp
     
  5. Switchbar icon
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    Any time you click on a web link outside of a browser, Switchbar will prompt you to choose which browser, browser profile or email client to open that link with.

    33 Switchbar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. Browsers icon
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    Pops up a small browser selection dialog when opening a link from an app (except a browser). Supports profiles for most browsers and also containers for Firefox.

    32 Browsers alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Finicky icon
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    A macOS app for creating rules that decide which browser is opened for every link that would open the default browser. Open Facebook in one browser, and Trello in another. Or Spotify links in the Spotify client. Or whatever URL in whatever app!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Finicky as an Alternative to Choosy
    Yevgeny Petukhov
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    The app is a free and open source. Configuration is easy and pleasing for developers

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    • Finicky is Free and Open SourceChoosy is Paid and Proprietary
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    Download browsers like Chromium and Firefox, create unlimited local profiles with proxy support. Completely free and open source.

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    • Mac
     
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    Seamlessly switch between browsers directly from your menu bar or using Shortcuts. Perfect for users who work with multiple browsers.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Browser Fairy icon
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    One tool to rule them all

    Get virtually as many default web browsers as you want.

    With Browser Fairy you can you can even have individual default web browsers for every app and literally every web page.

    You always wanted to automatically open different web sites in browsers of.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. MultiBrowser icon
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    Take control of the many browsers that you may have installed on your Mac. Can launch links from just about any application. Uses no resources when idle. Works with just about any browser. Highly configurable appearance lets you choose colors, size, and more. Options for cha.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Buffet icon
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    Choose the browser you want to open for each link you click.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Buffet as an Alternative to Choosy
    GerardoValdes
    Positive
    0

    It's cheaper and easy to set up.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Buffet is Paid and ProprietaryChoosy is also Paid and Proprietary
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