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BrowSel
100% Free · Open Source v1.2.0

BrowSel

Pick which browser and which profile opens a link.
Windows can only send a link to one program — BrowSel is the one that asks.

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Windows 10 2004+ / Windows 11 · 64-bit · 59.0 MB · No internet required · Released Oct 8, 2026

Screenshots

The BrowSel picker showing browser profiles and the Editor and Copy actionsAn expanded profile list inside BrowSelBrowSel's Settings dialog with browser selection and language optionsBrowSel's About dialog showing the app icon, version and credits

How it works

BrowSel takes Windows' link handler and turns it into a question instead of a fixed answer.

1
BrowSel becomes the link handlerThe installer registers it for HTTP and HTTPS. You confirm it once in Windows Settings.
2
Click any linkInstead of always opening in the same browser, the BrowSel picker shows up.
3
Choose browser and profileEvery installed browser, every profile it has — with the ones already running marked.
4
The link goes where you pickedOpen it, drop it into your editor as text, or copy it to the clipboard.

Features

Browser + profile picker

Every installed browser and every profile it has, in one list.

Running profiles marked

The profiles already open are flagged, so you can tell at a glance.

Open in your editor

Drops the link as text into the editor Windows uses for text files.

Copy

Puts the link on the clipboard and closes. Nothing else happens.

10 languages

Follows the operating system; you can override it in Settings.

Updates from the app

Checks the latest GitHub release and offers to install it.

Light & dark

Follows the system, with the Mica backdrop on Windows 11.

100% local

No telemetry, no account. The link never leaves your computer.

Open source

MIT licensed. Code available on GitHub.

Available languages

🇬🇧 English🇪🇸 Español🇫🇷 Français🇷🇺 Русский🇨🇳 中文🇯🇵 日本語🇵🇹 Português🇮🇳 हिन्दी🇸🇦 العربية🇧🇩 বাংলা

Technologies

.NET 10

Application framework

WinUI 3

Native Windows interface

Windows App SDK

Carried along, nothing else to install

Mica backdrop

Translucent surface, solid color on Windows 10

System.Management

Finds installed browsers and their profiles

Inno Setup

Installer, Start menu entry and handler registration

Download it free

No account, no subscription, no cloud.

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Windows 10 2004+ / Windows 11 · 64-bit · 59.0 MB