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handlr
Manage your default applications with ease using handlr
!
Features
- Set default handler by extension or mime-type
- Intelligent mime type detection from files based on extension and content
- Open multiple files at once
- Set multiple handlers for mime/extension and use rofi/dmenu to pick one
- List default associations
- Automatically removes invalid/wrong
.desktop
entries frommimeapps.list
- Helper commands like
launch
,get --json
for your scripting needs - Unnecessarily fast (written in Rust)
- Single compiled binary with no dependencies
Usage
# Open a file/URL
handlr open ~/.dotfiles/pacman/packages.txt
handlr open https://google.ca
# Set default handler for png files
handlr set .png feh.desktop
# Set default handler based on mime
handlr set application/pdf evince.desktop
# List default apps
handlr list
# Get the handler for a mime/extension
$ handlr get .png
feh.desktop
# Launch a handler with given path/URL
handlr launch x-scheme-handler/https -- https://google.ca
Compared to xdg-utils
- Can open multiple files/URLs at once
- Can have multiple handlers and use rofi/dmenu to pick one at runtime
- Far easier to use with simple commands like
get
,set
,list
- Can operate on extensions, no need to look up or remember mime types
- useful for common tasks like setting a handler for png/docx/etc files
- Superb autocomplete (currently just fish), including mimes, extensions, and
.desktop
files - Optional json output for commands like
get
Setting multiple handlers
-
Open
~/.config/handlr/handlr.toml
and setenable_selector = true
. Optionally, you can also tweak theselector
to your selector command (using e.g. rofi or dmenu). -
Add a second/third/whatever handler using
handlr add
, for example
handlr add x-scheme-handler/https firefox-developer-edition.desktop
- Now in this example when you open a URL, you will be prompted to select the desired application.
Screenshots
Installation
Arch Linux
yay -S handlr-bin
Optionally you can also install xdg-utils-handlr
to replace xdg-open
:
yay -S xdg-utils-handlr
Rust/Cargo
cargo install handlr
Binaries
- Download the latest release binary and put it somewhere in
$PATH
- Download completions:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chmln/handlr/master/completions/handlr.fish --create-dirs -o ~/.config/fish/completions/handlr.fish
Attribution
Icons made by Eucalyp from www.flaticon.com
Cover photo by creativebloq.com