Choosy Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Choosy for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is BrowBro, which is both free and Open Source. 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 Browserino, Velja, Browserosaurus and Default Tamer.

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  1. BrowBro icon
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    BrowBro is a free, open-source, native Swift + SwiftUI menu-bar app for macOS. When you click a link anywhere on your Mac, BrowBro pops a compact picker right at your cursor, letting you choose which browser, or which specific Chrome profile, should open it, using either the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  2. 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.

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    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  3. Velja icon
     11 likes

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

    43 Velja alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. Browserosaurus icon
     21 likes

    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.

    37 Browserosaurus alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  5. Default Tamer is a macOS menu-bar app that becomes your default browser “interceptor”. Once set as the default web browser, it receives every link first, checks your routing rules, and then opens the link in the right browser automatically.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  6. OpenIn icon
     3 likes

    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...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Setapp
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  7. Donut Browser icon
     3 likes

    Open source anti-detect browser offering unlimited isolated profiles with unique fingerprints, zero telemetry, Chromium and Firefox engines, per-profile proxy and VPN support, built-in REST API for profile management, team features, and cross-platform compatibility.

    42 Donut Browser alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Browsers icon
     5 likes

    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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Linklever icon
     1 like

    On Windows, macOS, and Linux, Linklever becomes your default "browser".

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Switchbar icon
     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. Finicky icon
     8 likes

    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!.

    35 Finicky alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  12. Burly icon
     2 likes

    Burly is a tiny macOS menu bar app that becomes your link handler. When you click a link, it lets you pick the exact browser and profile that should open it, instantly, with the keyboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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