Switchyard Alternatives

Switchyard is described as 'Modern rules-based URL launcher ready to replace your default browser' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Switchyard for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and Google Chrome apps. The best Switchyard alternative is URLCheck, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Switchyard are LinkSheet, Hurl - Choose a Browser, Velja and Browser Tamer.

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  1. TrackerZapper icon
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    TrackerZapper is a Mac app that sits in your menubar and silently removes tracking parameters from any links you copy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. When you click on a link, LinCastor Browser asks you to choose a browser to load the link with from a menu. Menu can contain a browser, an application but also AppleScript, shell script, Automator Workflow or even OS X share service.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Buffet icon
     1 like

    Choose the browser you want to open for each link you click.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Simple rules-based automatic browser selection based on URLs. Provides fine-grained routing to desired browsers with full command-line string (for profile selection and other params if needed).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Bumpr icon
     1 like

    Bumpr is a Mac app that lets you choose where to open links.

    9 Bumpr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Browsly icon
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    Browsly, the ultimate app designed to enhance your web browsing experience by giving you the freedom to open web pages in any browser of your choice.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Browsel icon
     Like

    Browsel is a tool which lets you pick which browser a link opens in.

    17 Browsel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Proxly icon
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    Take control of where to open your links with Proxly, the intelligent URL router that automatically directs links to the right browser at the right time.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Set it as your default browser and when opening a link from anywhere you'll get a neat selection which browser to use or use rules to automate which browsers to use for which links.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Firefox
     
  10. For example, you are using Safari heavily in day life, but you'd like to use Chrome to open websites of work. You could add a rule for it, then every external links (links not in browser) will be opened in Chrome.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Route links and requests for some sites to different browsers, without any extra clicks. Open certain websites or pages in your browser of choice with this desktop application and its complementary browser extensions.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  12. Linklever icon
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    On Windows, macOS, and Linux, Linklever becomes your default "browser".

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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