https://github.com/sandsmark/selectdefaultapplication

an ugly hack to be able to select default applications in linux in a better way
https://github.com/sandsmark/selectdefaultapplication

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an ugly hack to be able to select default applications in linux in a better way

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sandsmark/selectdefaultapplication
• Owner: sandsmark
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2018-04-07T16:13:49.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-08T16:57:42.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-23T11:52:26.107Z (11 months ago)
• Language: C++
• Size: 148 KB
• Stars: 108
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 9
• Open Issues: 12
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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README

          
Select Default Application

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A very simple application that lets you define default applications on Linux in a sane way.

![screenshot](/screenshot.png)

How it works

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Basically it just loads all installed applications by reading their .desktop

files, reads the MimeType fields to see what it supports, and updates

~/.config/mimeapps.list with what the user wants.

Links

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 * https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-spec-latest.html

 * https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html

 * https://specifications.freedesktop.org/shared-mime-info-spec/shared-mime-info-spec-latest.html