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https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher

Small and very fast portable launcher and updater for Chromium.
https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher

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Small and very fast portable launcher and updater for Chromium.

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### Description:

Small and very fast portable launcher and updater for Chromium.



### System requirements:

- Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 32-bit/64-bit

- An SSE2-capable CPU

- KB2533623 KB3063858 update for Windows 7 was required [[x64](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47442) / [x32](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47409)]



### Donate:

- [Bitcoin](https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1LrRTXPsvHcQWCNZotA9RcwjsGcRghG96c) (BTC)

- [Ethereum](https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/eth/0xe2C84A62eb2a4EF154b19bec0c1c106734B95960) (ETC)

- [Paypal](https://paypal.me/henrypp) (USD)

- [Yandex Money](https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115776040583) (RUB)



### GPG Signature:

Binaries have GPG signature `chrlauncher.exe.sig` in application folder.



- Public key: [pubkey.asc](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/henrypp/builder/master/pubkey.asc) ([pgpkeys.eu](https://pgpkeys.eu/pks/lookup?op=index&fingerprint=on&search=0x5635B5FD))

- Key ID: 0x5635B5FD

- Fingerprint: D985 2361 1524 AB29 BE73 30AC 2881 20A7 5635 B5FD



### Default browser:

chrlauncher has feature to use portable Chromium as default browser and it will be open links from another programs through chrlauncher.

- start "SetDefaultBrowser.bat" (as admin).

- start "Control panel" -> "Default programs" -> "Set your default programs" -> "chrlauncher" and set all checkboxes on.



### Command line:

There is list of arguments overrides .ini options

~~~

-autodownload - auto download update and install it!

-bringtofront - bring chrlauncher window to front when download started

-forcecheck - force update checking

-wait - start browser only when check/download/install update complete

-update - use chrlauncher as updater, but does not start Chromium

~~~



### Supported browser:

- as launcher - Chromium based (like Google Chrome, Opera, Yandex Browser, Vivaldi, etc.) and Firefox based (Mozilla Firefox, Basilisk, Pale Moon, Waterfox, etc.)

- as updater - Chromium only



### Chrome++:

- By default Chromium encrypt profile with user SID, which is disabled by [Chrome++](https://github.com/Bush2021/chrome_plus), so it is recomended. Starting with version 2.7 of chrlauncher it added support of Chrome++.



### Settings:

~~~ini

[chrlauncher]



# Custom Chromium update URL (string):

#ChromiumUpdateUrl=https://chromium.woolyss.com/api/v3/?os=windows&bit=%d&type=%s&out=string



# Command line for Chromium (string):

# See here: https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/

ChromiumCommandLine=--flag-switches-begin --user-data-dir=..\profile --no-default-browser-check --disable-logging --no-report-upload --flag-switches-end



# Chromium executable file name (string):

ChromiumBinary=chrome.exe



# Chromium binaries directory (string):

# Relative (to chrlauncher directory) or full path (env. variables supported).

ChromiumDirectory=.\bin



# Set Chromium binaries architecture (integer):

#

# 0	-> autodetect (default)

# 64	-> 64-bit

# 32	-> 32-bit

ChromiumArchitecture=0



# Auto download updates if found (boolean)

#

# false	-> show tray tip if update found, downloading manually (default)

# true	-> auto download update and install it!

ChromiumAutoDownload=false



# Bring chrlauncher window when download started (boolean)

#

# false	-> don't bring main window to front automatically

# true	-> bring chrlauncher window to front when download started (default)

ChromiumBringToFront=true



# Set download in foreground mode (boolean):

#

# false	-> start browser and check/download/install update in background

# true	-> start browser only when check/download/install update complete (default)

ChromiumWaitForDownloadEnd=true



# Use chrlauncher as updater, but does not start Chromium (boolean):

#

# false	-> update & start Chromium (default)

# true	-> download & install Chromium update without start

ChromiumUpdateOnly=false



# Type of Chromium builds:

#

# dev-official

#	Official development builds from snapshots repository

#	"storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html" (32/64 bit)

#

# stable-codecs-sync

#	Unofficial stable builds with codecs

#	"github.com/Hibbiki/chromium-win64/releases" (64 bit)

#	"github.com/Hibbiki/chromium-win32/releases" (32 bit)

#

# dev-nosync

#	Unofficial development builds without Google services

#	"github.com/RobRich999/Chromium_Clang/releases" (32/64 bit)

#

# dev-codecs-sync

#	Unofficial development builds with codecs and without Google services

#	"github.com/macchrome/winchrome/releases" (64 bit)

#

# dev-codecs-nosync

#	Unofficial development builds with codecs and without Google services

#	"github.com/macchrome/winchrome/releases" (64 bit)

#

# ungoogled-chromium

#	Unofficial builds without Google integration and enhanced privacy (based on Eloston project)

#	"github.com/macchrome/winchrome/releases/" (32/64 bit)

#	"github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium"

ChromiumType=dev-official



# Check for new Chromium version once in X days (integer):

#

# 2	-> check updates once in a X days (default)

# 0	-> disable update checking

# -1	-> force update checking

ChromiumCheckPeriod=2



# Last cached update checking timestamp (integer):

ChromiumLastCheck=0



# Start browser when downloading and installing is over (boolean)

#

ChromiumRunAtEnd=true



# A DLL hijack implements Chrome full portability as well as tab enhancements.

# https://github.com/Bush2021/chrome_plus

#ChromePlusDirectory=.\chrome_plus



#

# Internal settings (SDK)

#



# Set custom useragent (string):

#UserAgent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36



# Set proxy configuration (string):

#Proxy=127.0.0.1:80

~~~

### FAQ:

- [If you lost all setting and extensions when copy Chromium to another PC (answer)](https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/issues/116#issuecomment-444426692)

- [How to force check for an update every chrlauncher start?](https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/issues/92#issuecomment-343274418)

- [How to host the Chromium package zip on custom network?](https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/issues/86)

- [Can't sign-in to Chromium](https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/issues/115#issuecomment-444268533)

- [Set proxy configuration for a chrlauncher](https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/issues/61#issuecomment-439295515)

- [Pass on chrlauncher arguments into Chromium](https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/issues/76#issuecomment-312444105)

- [Disable annoying chrlauncher window popup](https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/issues/96#issuecomment-439294915)

- [Is it possible to downgrade Chromium version?](https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/issues/112#issuecomment-440940865)

- [Fix for duplicated taskbar icons creation](https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/issues/49#issuecomment-289285155)

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- Website: [github.com/henrypp](https://github.com/henrypp)

- Support: [email protected]




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