Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more

Latest Version

Version
0.5.8
Update
November 20, 2024
Size
163KiB
Developer
Category
Users
5,000+
Rating
4.25581 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ActiveTab
Storage
ContextMenus
NativeMessaging
Downloads
Notifications
DeclarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
Scripting
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External Application Launcher Extension

The \"External Application Launcher\" extension enables you to define a toolbar button or several context menu items to execute external executables right from your browser. It extracts arguments from the current web page and passes them as command-line arguments of your choice to the external application.

Use Cases:
- You can send the current page to another browser
- You can send selected text to a text editor
- You can open your external email client and send selected text to it
- You send download links to an external download manager!
- You can directly send image URLs to a photo editor of your choice
- You can browse links with specified patterns with an external application

Notes:
1. A minimal native client is required for this extension to execute native commands. The native client uses the official NodeJS executable.
2. The native client is only available for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.

Usage Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTOHWbX7dKU&feature=emb_title

Installtion Video tutorial:
Windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18jAqTXBiZA
Linux and Mac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4Bj_APg4g
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "version": "0.5.8", "name": "External Application Launcher", "description": "Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more", "permissions": [ "activeTab", "storage", "contextMenus", "nativeMessaging", "downloads", "notifications", "declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess", "scripting" ], "optional_permissions": [ "tabs" ], "optional_host_permissions": [ "*://*/*" ], "homepage_url": "https://webextension.org/listing/external-application-button.html", "background": { "service_worker": "worker.js" }, "offline_enabled": true, "options_ui": { "page": "/data/options/index.html", "open_in_tab": true }, "action": {}, "icons": { "16": "/data/icons/16.png", "32": "/data/icons/32.png", "48": "/data/icons/48.png", "64": "/data/icons/64.png", "128": "/data/icons/128.png", "256": "/data/icons/256.png", "512": "/data/icons/512.png" }, "web_accessible_resources": [{ "resources": ["/data/redirect/index.html"], "matches": ["*://*/*"] }], "commands": { "_execute_action": {}, "shortcut-1": { "description": "Custom Shortcut (1)" }, "shortcut-2": { "description": "Custom Shortcut (2)" }, "shortcut-3": { "description": "Custom Shortcut (3)" }, "shortcut-4": { "description": "Custom Shortcut (4)" }, "shortcut-5": { "description": "Custom Shortcut (5)" }, "shortcut-6": { "description": "Custom Shortcut (6)" }, "shortcut-7": { "description": "Custom Shortcut (7)" }, "shortcut-8": { "description": "Custom Shortcut (8)" }, "shortcut-9": { "description": "Custom Shortcut (9)" } }}
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User reviews

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Cena Bale (ID: 000000210eacf461) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/30/2023 Doesn't work download and open viewer on IrfanView, right mouse switch list Screenshot link here: https://prnt.sc/rAlTufzWgHLX https://prnt.sc/ICoYRIm2ljQ2 u https://prnt.sc/1Y8Du-0uVqPN https://prnt.sc/sa6YN7Rw8H2r u https://prnt.sc/YybHNAgaDqVq https://prnt.sc/1CS0j4AlQ-Yf https://prnt.sc/yAzbHuzuSmQF https://prnt.sc/xjiSciemu9wD Doesn't work all websites on mpc-be but only youtube does work -_-

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Deja Vu (ID: 000000710e269e87) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 08/28/2023 I have added 10 apps - only 6 of them is shown in menu also no way to reorder apps?

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Mohd Waseem (ID: 000000e40927cf24) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/22/2023 Works great, And it's a fabulous idea btw!

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Stephen Fields (ID: 0000003f8b2ac2bf) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/07/2022 Needed an extension like this to open my external Twitch.tv player. Works great, saved a lot of headache.

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Сан Саныч (ID: 0000005351cc9ee1) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/10/2022 Отлично, спасибо! Возможно ли установить два подобных приложения?