Browser Wrangler is a browser routing tool designed to intercept and direct web links to specific browsers and profiles based on user-defined rules. This enables seamless management of multiple browsers, accounts, or workflows across a single system.
Key Features:
Rule-based URL routing using substring matches or regular expressions
Support for multiple browsers and their profiles, including Chromium and Firefox with Multi-Account Containers
Smart link picker for resolving ambiguous routing decisions
Per-profile visibility controls and priority settings
Integration with Windows browser registration without requiring admin privileges
Lightweight design with no background processes
Ideal for users managing multiple accounts, testing across browsers, or maintaining separate work/personal profiles. Browser Wrangler streamlines navigation while minimizing context-switching friction.
Available for installation via winget as a per-user application.
README
Browser Wrangler
Browser Wrangler registers itself as a browser on Windows, intercepts the links
you click, and routes them to the right browser and profile based on rules you
define — with an optional picker popup and toast notifications.
It is a .NET 10 / WinUI 3 fork of Browser Tamer
by aloneguid, licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
Installation
Grab the installer / portable zip from the
latest release
(x64 and ARM64). Installs per-user — no admin required.
For the dev channel, install from the latest
prerelease
artifact named BrowserWrangler-dev-.... It installs side-by-side as
Browser Wrangler (Dev Channel).
The installer registers Browser Wrangler as a browser and opens a short setup
window afterwards. Windows only lets you pick the default browser, so that
window has a button straight to the right page in Windows Settings and ticks
itself off as soon as Windows reports the change. If you close it too early, the
app shows the same steps the next time you open it, and the Health page has
them permanently.
Features
Registers as a browser — per-user registry (no admin), guided first-run setup, health checks with one-click fixes
Browser & profile discovery — installed browsers, Chromium profiles, Firefox profiles, Firefox Multi-Account Containers, incognito/private entries, with real profile avatars
Rules engine — substring/regex match on whole URL, domain or path; drag-to-reorder priority; fallback default profile; bt-compatible rule syntax ()
URL pipeline — Outlook Safelinks unwrap, optional shortened-link expansion, and find/replace substitutions (substr|find|replace, rgx|find|replace)
Picker — popup listing browsers/profiles with number-key shortcuts; triggered by hotkeys (Ctrl+Shift etc.), rule conflicts, or no-match
Toast — brief notification showing which rule routed to which browser
Fast cold-start — URL invocations route and launch without initializing XAML unless UI is needed; Native AOT-compiled releases
No background process — runs on demand per click, exits when done
Screenshots
Browsers
Toggle which browsers appear in the picker, and drag to reorder them.
Expand a browser to toggle its profiles, containers and private/incognito entries.
Rules
Drag to reorder — topmost matching rule wins. Test any URL against your rules.
Picker
Pops up when a URL matches multiple rules, no rules, or when you hold a hotkey.
Pick with the mouse, the number keys (1–9, 0 for the tenth entry), or the arrow keys plus Enter. Esc cancels.
Firefox containers
Browser Wrangler can route links to Firefox Multi-Account Containers as profile targets.
dotnet build src\BrowserWrangler -p:Platform=x64
dotnet test tests\BrowserWrangler.Core.Tests
Run BrowserWrangler.exe with no arguments for the config UI; it re-registers
itself if the exe has moved, and shows the first-run setup window until Browser
Wrangler is the default browser. --first-run forces that window, --register
and --unregister are the silent installer hooks.
installer/ — Inno Setup script and release manifest templates
Reporting a problem
Open the About page in the app and click Report an issue. That opens a bug
report with the app info (version, runtime, Windows build, config and log paths)
already filled in — please add a screenshot if you can. Copy diagnostics puts
the same block on the clipboard if you would rather paste it somewhere else.
The About page has a Check for updates button that compares your build
against the latest release for your channel. Automatic update checks are enabled
by default when the config app is open (you can turn them off in Settings),
and optional installer auto-download still requires manual install confirmation.
License
Apache License 2.0 — see LICENSE. Portions derived from
Browser Tamer, Copyright aloneguid,
Apache License 2.0 — see NOTICE.
