https://github.com/u-c-s/hurl

Choose the browser on the click of a link
https://github.com/u-c-s/hurl

acrylic-material browser-chooser browser-extension browser-tools csharp mica windows windows-11 windows-utility wpf

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Choose the browser on the click of a link

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/u-c-s/hurl
• Owner: U-C-S
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-08-04T06:05:39.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-16T08:39:02.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-16T09:42:20.036Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: acrylic-material, browser-chooser, browser-extension, browser-tools, csharp, mica, windows, windows-11, windows-utility, wpf
• Language: C#
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.71 MB
• Stars: 235
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 8
• Open Issues: 25
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Security: SECURITY.md

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> [!NOTE]

> This software is currently in pre-v1.0 version, which means it can frequently introduce breaking changes with new versions.

## Why and what?

Sometimes you might want to open a link in a browser of your choice, instead of the default one. Hurl lets you choose the browser each time you click a link (links outside of browsers). So naturally, it acts as default browser to do that.

- Modern Windows UI with multiple customization options

- Supports adding custom browser configuration with Launch Arguments

- Rules to automatically open a browser without prompting

- Settings application to manage all the features (beta)

- A Web Extension to open browser tabs in Hurl (experimental)

- ... and more to come



  



## Installation and usage

Download and install the latest versions of:

- [.NET 8 Desktop Runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0)

- Windows App Runtime v1.5 [Direct Download Link](https://aka.ms/windowsappsdk/1.5/latest/windowsappruntimeinstall-x64.exe)

- [Hurl_Installer](https://github.com/U-C-S/Hurl/releases/latest)

> [!TIP]

> It is recommended to uninstall your current version before installing a new version.

After installing, make sure to set Hurl as the default `http/https` protocol handler aka as the default browser in the Windows Settings. In Windows 11: **Settings** > **Apps** > **Default apps** > **Hurl** > **Set as default browser**.

Go to [Hurl Wiki](https://github.com/U-C-S/Hurl/wiki/) for more details on usage and configuration. See [Extensions readme](./Extensions/README.md) for installing the Browser Extension.

## Building from source / local development

- Install [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) with following workloads:

  - .NET desktop development

  - Windows application development

  - Desktop development with C++ (required for building Launcher)

- After forking and cloning the repository, open the solution file `./Hurl.sln` in Visual Studio. You can change the projects between _Hurl.BrowserSelector_ and _Hurl.Settings_

- Install [Rustup / Setup Rust complier](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) locally to debug Launcher app

- Install [Inno Setup](https://jrsoftware.org/isdl.php) to create the Hurl Installer

Use the Build Script from `Utils/build.ps1` to build the application in _Release_ mode and build the installer. Make sure you have all the tools installed mentioned in the above description.

To check out older versions source code, go to [Github Tags](https://github.com/U-C-S/Hurl/tags).

## Contributing

This project is open to Pull-Requests and Feedback. MIT License.

## Credits

- Icon used is from [FlatIcons](https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/internet_4861937)