A tiny utility for opening a file or a URL with its default application, or a custom one.
This uses open
under macOS, xdg-open
under Linux, and start
under Windows.
npm install tiny-open
import open from 'tiny-open';
// Let's open a file
open ( '/path/to/some/file.txt' ); // => Promise<boolean>
// Let's open a URL
open ( 'https://google.com' ); // => Promise<boolean>
// Let's open a URL with a custom application
open ( 'https://google.com', 'Google Chrome' ); // MacOS
open ( 'https://google.com', 'chrome' ); // Windows
open ( 'https://google.com', 'google-chrome' ); // Linux
MIT © Fabio Spampinato