External Application Launcher
Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more
What is External Application Launcher?
External Application Launcher is a Chrome extension developed by yokris.dev, and its main feature is "Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more".
Extension Screenshots
Download External Application Launcher Extension CRX File
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Extension Usage Instructions
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 Extension Basic Information
| Name |  External Application Launcher |
| ID | bifmfjgpgndemajpeeoiopbeilbaifdo |
| Official URL | https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/external-application-laun/bifmfjgpgndemajpeeoiopbeilbaifdo |
| Description | Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more |
| File Size | 156 KB |
| Installation Count | 5,273 |
| Current Version | 0.5.3 |
| Last Updated | 2023-03-06 |
| Publish Date | 2020-06-02 |
| Rating | 4.24/5 Total 42 Ratings |
| Developer | yokris.dev |
| [email protected] | |
| Payment Type | free |
| Extension Website | https://webextension.org/listing/external-application-button.html |
| Help Page URL | https://webextension.org/listing/external-application-button.html |
| Privacy Policy Page URL | https://add0n.com/policies/yokris.dev.txt |
| Supported Languages | en |
| manifest.json | |
{
"update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
"manifest_version": 3,
"version": "0.5.3",
"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",
"scripting"
],
"optional_permissions": [
"declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess"
],
"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": []
}
} | |
