Browserosaurus was a free, open-source browser picker for the Mac: click a link, and a row of your browsers appeared near the pointer. In August 2025, its developer archived the project, so it no longer receives updates.
If you still use it, or miss it, Switchbar offers the same quick picker, plus browser profiles, rules, and link cleanup, on Mac and Windows. And it keeps getting updates.
At a glance
| Switchbar | Browserosaurus | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Actively developed, with automatic updates | Archived in August 2025; no longer maintained |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows | macOS |
| Picker | Your favorite browsers, profiles, and apps in one row, centered or under your pointer, with keyboard shortcuts | Appears near the pointer, with a one-key shortcut for each app |
| Browser profiles | Any profile, including Safari profiles, plus Incognito and InPrivate windows | Not supported; private windows by holding Shift |
| Desktop apps | Opens links in apps like Zoom, Figma, Spotify, and Notion, suggesting the matching app first | A built-in list of about 100 apps, including Zoom, Spotify, and Teams |
| Rules | URL, domain, or email address with wildcards, set in a few clicks or from the picker | None; it always shows the picker |
What is Switchbar?
Switchbar is a free browser picker for Mac and Windows. Make it your default browser, and every link you click shows a row of your favorite browsers, profiles, and apps. Choose with a click or a keystroke, or let rules handle the sites you open every day. It needs no account.
What was Browserosaurus?
Browserosaurus was a GPL-licensed Mac app that showed your browsers and supported apps near the pointer whenever you clicked a link. Its developer archived it on August 2, 2025, after a last release in July 2025.
1. Still maintained
Browserosaurus's supported browsers and apps are built into its code, so new ones won't be added.
Switchbar is actively developed and updates itself automatically. It also rescans your computer for new browsers, profiles, and apps on its own, so a browser you install tomorrow shows up without waiting for a release.
2. Browser profiles
Browserosaurus treated browser profiles as out of scope. Holding Shift opened a private window in browsers that support one.
Switchbar shows your browser profiles, including Safari profiles, alongside your browsers. A link can open in your work profile with one click.
3. Rules for the sites you open every day
Browserosaurus always shows its picker. Switchbar shows it when you want to choose, and lets rules handle the rest: check "Remember this choice" and links to that site skip the picker from then on.
4. Clean links
Switchbar removes tracking parameters and expands common short links before a link opens, so you see where a link really goes.
Moving from Browserosaurus
- Download Switchbar and make it your default browser.
- Pick your favorite browsers, profiles, and apps from the ones it finds.
- Use the picker as before, and add rules whenever a choice repeats.
Which one should you choose?
Since Browserosaurus no longer gets updates, the real question is what to use instead. Switchbar is a good replacement if you:
- Want a picker that keeps up with new browsers and macOS releases
- Use browser profiles
- Want rules for the sites you open every day
- Use Windows, or both Mac and Windows
Keep the quick picker you're used to, in an app that's still moving forward: try Switchbar for free.
