# default-browser

> Get the default browser

Latest version **5.5.1** (published 2026-08-16) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install default-browser
pnpm add default-browser
yarn add default-browser
bun add default-browser
```

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.5.1 |
| Published | 2026-08-16 |
| First published | 2014-01-27 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM |
| Node | >=18 |
| Dependencies | 2 |
| Unpacked size | 6.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 63 |
| Author | Sindre Sorhus |
| Maintainers | sindresorhus |
| Keywords | macos, linux, browser, default, plist, web, bundle, bundleid, id, identifier, uti, cfbundlename, applescript |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/default-browser
- Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/default-browser
- Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/default-browser#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/sindresorhus/default-browser/issues
- Funding: https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/default-browser

## Dependencies (2)

- [bundle-name](https://npm.io/package/bundle-name.md) ^4.1.0
- [default-browser-id](https://npm.io/package/default-browser-id.md) ^5.0.0

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## Recent versions

- 5.5.1 (latest) — 2026-08-16
- 5.5.0 — 2026-02-02
- 5.4.0 — 2025-11-15
- 5.3.0 — 2025-11-12
- 5.2.1 — 2023-12-27
- 5.2.0 — 2023-12-18
- 5.1.0 — 2023-08-31
- 5.0.0 — 2023-08-31
- 4.0.0 — 2023-03-26
- 3.1.0 — 2022-07-17
- 3.0.0 — 2021-03-07
- 2.0.1 — 2016-06-14
- 2.0.0 — 2016-04-22
- 1.0.0 — 2014-08-14
- 0.1.1 — 2014-01-27
- … 1 more at https://npm.io/package/default-browser/versions

## README

# default-browser

> Get the default browser

Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

## Install

```sh
npm install default-browser
```

## Usage

```js
import defaultBrowser from 'default-browser';

console.log(await defaultBrowser());
//=> {name: 'Safari', id: 'com.apple.Safari'}
```

## Related

- [default-browser-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/default-browser-cli) - CLI for this package

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