Now with passkey support!
A hotkey-driven web browser for focused workflows.
Launch WebBuddy from any app with ⌘⇧L to search the web, preview links, or grab reference material, without breaking your flow or cluttering your main browser.
It’s built for Mac users who live in code editors, Mail, Messages, Slack, Notion... anywhere you need side-access to the web but would prefer not get distracted by it.
Use it to:
• Look up a code snippet or function doc without leaving your IDE
• Find a coffee shop location shared in a message
• Translate a line of text in an email or document without opening another tab
• Quickly search Stack Overflow, Wikipedia, or YouTube
• Preview links from Messages, Slack or Mastodon without switching context
Press Escape when you’re done. No new tabs. No window juggling. No distractions. You'll have dramatically less clutter in your main browser.
If you need the whole feature set of your workhorse browser, no problem — just hand over the page to a web browser of your choice with a couple of clicks.
WebBuddy gives you just enough browser, only when you need it. Because your focus and flow are precious.
Here's an exhaustive list of features:
• Quick access using customizable keyboard shortcut
• Designed without tabs to eliminate distracting tab management
• Preview in-app links (requires default browser permission)
• Option-click (⌥-click) to open in-app links in any other browser (requires default browser permission)
• Cycle through your favorite sites by repeatedly pressing the keyboard shortcut
• Desktop / dashboard widget for quick access to your favorite sites
• Customizable user agent string
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Fixes a problem, doubly so
DenkenGeist
This app resolves a major workflow issue for those of us who are constantly opening up new browser tabs just to look up a piece of information. The ability to "preview" web links seems like a gap in the functionality of MacOS, especially for someone who moves back and forth from iPadOS. WebBuddy fixes that gap. The developer was also incredibly responsive in fixing a bug I was experiencing where an extra blank window was being generated when a link was clicked!
Handy
TooMuchWinning
I have been wanting something like this for a long time! I always have a hundred tabs open in my browsers and just want to take a look at one page without reopening all those tabs because it takes a while. This app helps so me so much with that.Request:A way to manually enter in a URL.
It Opens Links In A Pop Up Browser!
THEDAYISMINE
This app is genius. It's simple. It opens links, in a mini, popup browser that floats... over the link... you just clicked! Which means, when you click a link in any app like evernote, or ulysses, or anything, instead of opening a full, clunky browser like chrome or safari, a little mini popup window appears next to the link you just clicked, displaying the page... you just clicked! It plays youtube videos. It renders webpages perfectly. It's a freaking mini browser!
• Improved mouse click handling in the search field.
Version 3.1.1
The developer, Park Enterprise UK, Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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