https://github.com/cityssm/node-web-browser-info

Retrieves details about installed web browsers.
https://github.com/cityssm/node-web-browser-info

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Retrieves details about installed web browsers.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cityssm/node-web-browser-info
• Owner: cityssm
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-03-28T12:42:26.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-10T06:28:20.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-03T22:43:50.080Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: chrome, firefox, web-browser
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cityssm/web-browser-info
• Size: 391 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE.md
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Security: SECURITY.md

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# Web Browser Info

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Retrieves details about installed web browsers,

using the fantastic [@httptoolkit/browser-launcher](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@httptoolkit/browser-launcher) package.

Provides helper functions to filter the returned browsers by type and version.

## Installation

```sh

npm install @cityssm/web-browser-info

```

## Usage

```javascript

import {

  chromeWebBrowserTypes,

  getInstalledWebBrowsers 

} from '@cityssm/web-browser-info'

// Get all web browsers

const allWebBrowsers = await getInstalledWebBrowsers()

// Get all Firefox web browsers

const firefoxWebBrowsers = await getInstalledWebBrowsers('firefox')

// Get all Chrome-based (chrome or chromium) web browsers

const chromeWebBrowsers = await getInstalledWebBrowsers(chromeWebBrowserTypes)

// Get all Firefox web browsers newer than version 100

const newerFirefoxWebBrowsers = await getInstalledWebBrowsers('firefox', 100)

```

## Sample Output

```javascript

[

  {

    name: 'msedge',

    version: '122.0.2365.92',

    type: 'msedge',

    command: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe',

    majorVersion: 122,

    minorVersion: 0

  },

  {

    name: 'ie',

    version: '11.00.22621.1',

    type: 'ie',

    command: 'C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe',

    majorVersion: 11,

    minorVersion: 0

  },

  {

    name: 'ie',

    version: '11.00.22621.1',

    type: 'ie',

    command: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe',

    majorVersion: 11,

    minorVersion: 0

  },

  {

    name: 'chrome',

    version: '123.0.6312.86',

    type: 'chrome',

    command: 'C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe',

    majorVersion: 123,

    minorVersion: 0

  },

  {

    name: 'firefox',

    version: '124.0.1',

    type: 'firefox',

    command: 'C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe',

    majorVersion: 124,

    minorVersion: 0

  }

]

```