npm package
Homedefault-browser
The default-browser package retrieves the user's default web browser across macOS, Linux, and Windows. It is useful for applications that need to open URLs in the user's preferred browser. This package can enhance user experience by ensuring links open in the correct application.
- lurq health score
- 72/100
- Confidence
- proven
- Weekly downloads
- 56,637,035
- Latest version
- 5.5.1
- Last release
- Aug 16, 2026
- License
- MIT
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lurq's verdict: low
- No known advisories
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