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See also [`osx-firefox`](https://github.com/juliangruber/osx-firefox) and [`linux-firefox`](https://github.com/juliangruber/linux-firefox).**\n\n[![npm status](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/windows-firefox.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/windows-firefox)\n[![node](https://img.shields.io/node/v/windows-firefox.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/windows-firefox)\n[![AppVeyor build status](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/vweevers/windows-firefox.svg?style=flat-square\u0026label=appveyor)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/vweevers/windows-firefox)\n[![Dependency status](https://img.shields.io/david/vweevers/windows-firefox.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/vweevers/windows-firefox)\n[![JavaScript Style Guide](https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-standard-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](https://standardjs.com)\n\n## Example\n\n```js\nconst firefox = require('windows-firefox')\n\nfirefox({ uri: 'https://github.com/' }, (err, cp) =\u003e {\n  if (err) throw err\n  cp.on('error', console.error)\n})\n```\n\n## API\n\n### `firefox([options, ]callback)`\n\nThe `callback` receives an error if any, a child process and a [metadata object](https://github.com/vweevers/win-detect-browsers/#api).\n\nOptions:\n\n- `uri` (string): URL to open\n- `channel` (string): filter installed versions by [release channel](https://github.com/vweevers/win-detect-browsers/#api), e.g. `nightly`\n- `version` (string): filter versions by partial (e.g. `62`) or exact version. 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Available since Firefox 56.\n- `devtools` (boolean): Start with [Developer Tools](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools) opened.\n- `background`: Don't foreground the browser.\n\n## Install\n\nWith [npm](https://npmjs.org) do:\n\n```\nnpm install windows-firefox\n```\n\nFirefox needs to be installed on your system as well.\n\n## License\n\n[MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) © Vincent Weevers\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fvweevers%2Fwindows-firefox","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fvweevers%2Fwindows-firefox","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fvweevers%2Fwindows-firefox/lists"}