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Life & fun · August 7, 2017

Browser Fairy

Set default web browsers for every app and web page.

Browser Fairy launched on August 7, 2017 with 83 votes, #561 of 3,214 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

What it does

BrowserFairy is a browser launcher, profile picker, and link router for macOS. Launch any browser or profile with ⌘⌥B, then route links by rule.

A tiny macOS app that puts every browser at your fingertips. Hit ⌘⌥B to launch any browser or profile in an instant. Set a few rules and every link routes itself. Then forget about it. You use multiple browsers every day, but macOS only lets you pick one as default. The result? Every link click becomes a manual routing decision. You click a link in Mail, Slack, or Notes, and macOS opens it in your default browser. But that's not always the right one. Work is in Chrome, personal is in Safari. Every link is a coin toss. You copy the URL, switch to the right browser, paste it in. Multiple times a day. A tiny annoyance that compounds into real friction, and it shouldn't be your job. System…from browserfairy.com

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