Olinks
A tiny macOS menu bar utility that routes every link to the right browser and the right profile. Define the rules once and forget about the clipboard dance forever.
The right browser, every time
Stop copy-pasting links between browsers and profiles. Olinks sits silently in your menu bar and sends every URL where it belongs.
Per-domain routing
Send work links to your work browser and personal links to your personal one. Rules are evaluated top-down; the first match wins.
Flexible matching
Pick from exact domain, wildcard, URL prefix, or regex — whatever fits. A built-in tester shows you which rule will fire before you save.
Profile aware
Route to a specific Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc or Firefox profile — so your client links land in the client window, not the personal one.
Lives in the menu bar
Runs as a background agent with no Dock icon. Access settings, toggle rules, or quit from a compact menu bar popover.
Zero network code
URLs never leave your Mac. No telemetry, no analytics, no accounts. Rules and preferences live in your user defaults.
Launch at login
Olinks starts silently with your Mac so routing is ready before you click your first link of the day.
A look inside
Native macOS UI, keyboard-friendly, and designed to stay out of your way.
Rules list
Every rule at a glance, drag to reorder, search to filter.
Rule editor
Pick a match type, pick a browser and profile, then test it with a live URL before saving.
Browsers & profiles
Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Firefox, Safari and more — with per-browser profile detection.
How it works
Four steps from install to automatic routing.
Install Olinks
Grab it from the Mac App Store. No sign-up, no onboarding wall.
Set as default browser
macOS will now hand every http and
https link to Olinks first.
Define your rules
Pick patterns and destinations. Test each rule live against any URL before you save it.
Click any link
Slack, Mail, Notion, a PDF — Olinks routes the link instantly to the browser and profile you chose.
Built for
Anyone juggling more than one browser or profile on macOS.
Work / personal split
Keep corporate SSO in one browser and personal accounts in another. Never again log in to the wrong tenant by mistake.
Developers
Localhost goes to the dev browser with devtools pinned. Staging opens in Canary. Production lands in the main profile.
Consultants & agencies
One profile per client, one rule per domain. Your sessions stay isolated and your cookies stay exactly where they belong.
Privacy-conscious users
Send banking and identity providers to a hardened browser, and the rest of the web to whatever you like. No data ever leaves your Mac.
Get Olinks
Olinks is exclusively distributed through the Mac App Store — signed, sandboxed, and auto-updated.
Requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later.
System Requirements
macOS
- • macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
- • Apple Silicon or Intel
- • Around 10 MB of disk space
Also recommended
- • At least one extra browser installed
- • Default browser permission granted to Olinks
- • Optional: profile access for Chrome / Edge / Brave / Arc / Firefox
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Olinks send my URLs anywhere?
No. Olinks has no network code. URLs are evaluated against your rules on-device and forwarded straight to the browser you picked — never saved to disk, never logged, never sent over the wire.
Which browsers are supported?
Safari, Google Chrome, Chrome Canary, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Arc, Firefox, and anything else macOS recognises as a web browser. Profile detection is supported for Chromium-based browsers and Firefox.
Why does Olinks ask to read a browser folder?
To list profile names like "Personal" or "Work". You grant access per browser through a standard macOS open panel, and Olinks stores the permission as a security-scoped bookmark. You can revoke it any time.
What happens when no rule matches?
The link goes to the fallback browser and profile you configured in the General tab. By default that's Safari.
How do I stop using Olinks as my default browser?
Open System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Default web browser and pick another browser. Olinks will stop intercepting links immediately.
Put every link in its place
One small menu bar app. A big quality-of-life upgrade for anyone with more than one browser.