LinkRouter Pro: Browser Rules

Choose browsers. Open in apps.

Only for Mac

Free

Mac

Choose where links open, automate your favorite websites, launch desktop apps, and clean common tracking parameters—all from your Mac. Every link, in the right place. LinkRouter Pro is a native macOS utility for choosing where web links open. Set it as your default browser to route links handed off by macOS to your preferred browser or desktop app. Keep work, reading and meetings organized with clear, reusable rules. CHOOSE OR AUTOMATE • Choose an installed browser or a matching desktop app from a focused picker. • See a recommended browser and optionally remember how to open the current website. • Open matched links automatically, or ask every time. • Keep multiple pending links in a queue while you finish the current choice. BUILD PRECISE RULES • Match exact domains, domains and subdomains, text within a URL, or regular expressions. • Apply rules to all source apps or only the apps you select. • Preview an unsaved rule with a sample URL, including source conditions and rule priority. • Search, reorder, duplicate, enable and disable rules. • Import and export rules as JSON. Review an import for duplicate, conflicting or invalid entries before adding it. OPEN LINKS IN DESKTOP APPS • Send supported meeting, messaging and collaboration links to installed Mac apps. • Manage built-in destinations or add a custom app with its own associated domains. • Configure deep-link templates using URL paths, query parameters or regular-expression captures. CLEAN LINKS BEFORE OPENING • Remove common marketing and tracking parameters on your Mac. • Exempt selected websites and their subdomains when parameters need to be preserved. • Optionally resolve supported short links before matching rules. If resolution fails or times out, continue with the original address. WORK FASTER • Use arrow keys, Return or number keys 1–9 in the picker. • Open a clipboard link from the menu bar or a customizable global keyboard shortcut. • Hold Option or Shift when opening a link to temporarily use your chosen override browser. • Choose a browser from the menu bar to give it priority over automatic routing until you change that choice. MAKE IT YOURS • Use Light Mode, Dark Mode or the system appearance. • Customize the picker's light and dark panel colors, button color and corner icon. • Optionally fetch website icons, and enable launch at login when you want it. • Use English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese or Japanese. KEEP YOUR RULES AND RECENT LINKS ORGANIZED • Save successful opens in local history, choose how many entries to keep, reopen links or clear the list. • Recognized sensitive URL parameters are redacted from saved history. • Optionally sync rules, custom app definitions and supported preferences between your Macs with iCloud. Recent-link history stays on each Mac. Routing decisions and parameter cleanup run locally. Short-link resolution and website-icon fetching contact the relevant websites and can be turned off. iCloud synchronization is optional. REQUIREMENTS AND COMPATIBILITY Requires macOS 14 or later. Destination browsers and desktop apps must be installed; direct opening depends on the target app's URL support. Links handled entirely inside another app may not pass through the system default browser. The current App Store version cannot select a specific browser profile; switch profiles or accounts in the browser itself.

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More reliable link handling and clearer controls. • Multiple pending links now stay in a queue, with a remaining count. Finishing or cancelling the current choice continues to the next link. • The picker includes the matching desktop app and can remember that website's app destination. • Rule previews now evaluate your unsaved changes, source-app conditions, enabled state and rule priority. • Fixed valid URL schemes being rejected when editing desktop clients. • Option and Shift overrides now take priority when a link would otherwise show the picker, using the current modifier-key state. • Added clear guidance when browser-profile selection is unavailable, and improved the authorization flow in supported environments. • Refined picker sizing, keyboard focus, persistent form labels, accessible switch names and localized messages.

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    Seller
    • 耀 陈
    Size
    • 2.9 MB
    Category
    • Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 3 more
    • English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    • © Massimo