A macOS URL router that opens links from different source apps in different browsers.
Use case: "When I click a link in Conductor, open it in Chrome. Everything else — Safari."
Homebrew (recommended):
brew install --cask mikitahimpel/sluice/sluiceOne-line installer:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikitahimpel/sluice/main/install.sh | bashManual: download the latest release zip, unzip, drag into /Applications.
After installing: System Settings → Default web browser → Sluice. Then add routing rules from the menu bar icon.
Requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Builds are notarized by Apple, so Gatekeeper accepts them without warnings.
- Register as system default browser
- Route URLs to any installed browser based on rules
- Match by source app (which app the click came from)
- Match by URL host pattern (
*.figma.com→ Figma desktop) - Menu bar app — no dock icon, no focus stealing
- Visual rule editor with app/browser pickers
- Recent routes log for debugging
- Hold ⌥ at click time for one-off browser override
- Universal-link / tracking-redirect unwrapping
- Per-Chrome-profile routing
- Import/export rules as JSON
See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md.
Requires macOS 13+, Xcode 15+, XcodeGen:
brew install xcodegen
xcodegen generate
open Sluice.xcodeprojCore logic is a Swift Package and tests run without Xcode:
swift testDiscovery / System layer tests run via Xcode:
xcodebuild test -scheme Sluice -destination 'platform=macOS'Sources/SluiceCore/— pure-Swift rule engine, router, models. No AppKit.Tests/SluiceCoreTests/— unit tests for Core.Sluice/App/—@mainentry point, AppDelegate, Info.plist.Sluice/Discovery/— Launch Services / NSWorkspace wrappers.Sluice/System/— default-browser registration, URL opening.Sluice/UI/— SwiftUI menu bar + preferences.
scripts/release.sh <version> does the whole pipeline: builds Release, signs with Developer ID, submits to Apple's notary service, staples the ticket, and writes the final zip to release-artifacts/. Then:
gh release create v<version> release-artifacts/Sluice-<version>.zipThe Homebrew Cask formula lives in mikitahimpel/homebrew-sluice — update its version and sha256 after each release.
MIT