Turnout 0.1.0-beta.1

The first beta of Turnout: a macOS default browser that sends every link to the right browser and profile, by rule, by habit, or by asking.

Highlights

• One app. Turnout.app is a tiny native router (Go + Objective-C) that macOS hands every link to. The Electron picker is embedded inside it and only appears when a choice is needed.
• Rules first. Ordered regex handlers in ~/.config/turnout/router.yaml, first match wins.
• Browser profiles. profile: Work opens Firefox-family browsers (including Firefox's new profile manager) and Chromium-family browsers (Chrome, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi) in the named profile.
• Learns per site. Turnout remembers which browser you pick for each site and starts opening it there.
• Option-click any link to choose a browser by hand.
• Safelinks unwrapped. Teams and Outlook safelinks are unwrapped before matching, so your rules see the real URL.
• Instant picker. It starts hidden at login and opens at the cursor with keyboard hotkeys. It's a non-activating panel, so tiling window managers leave it alone.

Install

1. Download Turnout-0.1.0-beta.1.dmg below and drag Turnout to Applications.
2. This beta is not notarized yet, so clear the quarantine flag once:

   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Turnout.app

3. Open Turnout once, then choose it in System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Default web browser.
4. Add rules to ~/.config/turnout/router.yaml. See the configuration guide.

Apple Silicon only. Verify downloads against SHA256SUMS.

Known limitations

• Not notarized (no Developer ID yet), so step 2 above is needed.
• Learned habits don't decay yet. Option-click to re-pick a site.
• No settings window or auto-update yet. Edit the YAML, then grab new releases from this page.

Thanks

Turnout builds on Finicky by John Sterling and Browserosaurus by Will Stone, and on everyone who has contributed to them. See the acknowledgements.