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x-default-browser

Detect default web browser of the current user, cross-platform (Win/Lin/Mac)

v0.5.2, 13 Nov 2022MITCommonJSTypes: None
$ npm install x-default-browser

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
270.5k
-42% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 years ago
v0.5.2
GitHub stars
23
8 forks
Open issues / PRs
1 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 596.5k (3 Mar 2026)Low 240.3k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

270,475 downloads last week, 1,290,406 in the last month. The 12-month change of -42% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
-
Latest version
0.5.2, 13 Nov 20223 years ago
First published
-
Last push to GitHub
13 Nov 20221,411 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
1
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
15

Major versions

-

Recent releases

-

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
27 kB
Dependencies (1)
default-browser-id
npm install x-default-browser
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/x-default-browser@0.5.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/x-default-browser@0.5.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/x-default-browser@0.5.2
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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