Rule editor
Write intentions, not JavaScript.
Choose a site, browser and profile in a native settings window. Rules save as readable JSON and take effect immediately.
Native macOS utility · Open source
Links know the way.
Now your Mac does too.
LinkFork sends every link to the browser—and the exact profile—where it belongs. No scripts. No picker fatigue. Just click.
macOS 12+ · Apple silicon & Intel · MIT licensed
The small interruption, all day long
You clicked the right link. Your Mac opened the wrong life.
A client tab lands in your personal profile. A private search opens beside a work call. The operating system sees one default browser; your day has many contexts.
LinkFork sits in that missing layer.
One click. Three quiet decisions.
A route you can understand at a glance.
01 · ListenThe link arrives
LinkFork catches the system link before a browser claims it.
02 · MatchThe rule resolves
Domain, browser and profile are matched in order. The first clear rule wins.
03 · OpenThe right space appears
Chrome opens Work—not whichever window happened to be in front.
The product, not a promise
Precise enough for power users. Calm enough for everyone else.
The interface removes the configuration work that made link routing feel like a developer-only habit.
Menu bar repair
Fix the site you are already on.
Read the current tab and add, repair or remove its rule without leaving the browser.
Profile discovery
Profiles by name. Automatically.
Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi and Chromium profiles appear by their real display names—no directory archaeology required.
Native · Transparent · Precise · Repairable
Platforms
Native where it matters. Consistent where it counts.
LinkFork is available for macOS first. A shared routing specification is being prepared so future Windows and Linux apps can feel native without drifting in behavior.
macOS — Available now · Native Swift · menu bar · Services
Windows (On the map) · Linux (Exploring)
Routes today to Safari, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Edge and Firefox.
The transparency promise
Your browsing context stays yours.
No account. No telemetry. No remote rule engine. LinkFork reads only what it needs to route a link, and keeps its decisions on your Mac.
MIT open sourceHuman-readable rulesLocal decision logZero runtime dependencies
Useful details
Before the fork in the road.
- Does LinkFork replace my browser?
- No. It becomes the system link handler, then immediately hands each URL to the browser and profile you chose.
- Why does it ask to read browser tabs?
- Only the menu-bar shortcut uses Automation permission to read the current tab URL, so it can add or repair that site’s rule. The URL stays local.
- Can it route clicks made inside a browser?
- Browsers normally keep their own clicks instead of sending them through macOS. A future browser extension can bridge that system limitation.
- Where can I get it?
- GitHub Releases has a ready-to-install, ad-hoc-signed Universal build (run `make update` to fetch and install it). A Developer ID–signed, notarized build is in preparation for wider public distribution.