handlr

Manage your default applications with ease using handlr!

Features

• Set default handler by extension or mime-type
• Open path/url with default handler (like xdg-open)
• List default associations
• Automatically removes invalid/wrong .desktop entries from mimeapps.list
• Simply a great command-line experience

Compared to xdg-open and xdg-mime

• 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

Screenshots

Installation

Just download the latest release binary.

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Alternatively, you can install with cargo:

cargo install handlr

Icon Attribution

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