Release v0.8.0

bichrome v0.8.0

bichrome is a simple utility for Windows and macOS that you configure as your default browser, which then will choose which browser to open a URL in based on the configuration you specify. It also supports picking a particular Chrome profile -- either by specifying a profile name, or by specifying the "hosted domain" of your profile if you're using Google Workspace. You can read more in the

Installation

Windows

1. Download bichrome-win64.exe from this release.
2. Move it to its permanent home -- e.g. creating a directory in %localappdata%\Programs called bichrome and putting it there.
3. Run bichrome-win64.exe once by double clicking it. This will register bichrome as a potential browser.
4. Configure bichrome as your default browser by opening "Default Apps" (You can open your start menu and just type "Default Apps") and clicking the icon under "Web browser", and picking bichrome.

That's it! Now just create a configuration file named bichrome_config.json next to bichrome-win64.exe (see the configuration section for details) -- a good starting place is to download & edit the example config]

macOS

1. Download bichrome-macos.zip from this release.
2. Extract it and copy the bichrome app e.g. to /Applications
3. Open System Preferences and search for "Default Browser"
4. Pick bichrome as your default browser.

That's it! Now just create a configuration file named bichrome_config.json in ~/Library/Application Support/com.bitspatter.bichrome/bichrome_config.json (see the configuration section for details) -- a good starting place is to download & edit the example config.

Changes in v0.8.0

• Add support for Executable browser type that lets you launch arbitrary executables. (Thanks to @nixxquality for the contribution.)

See the full list of changes for other changes.