External Application Launcher

Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more

As of May 2026, External Application Launcher has 10,000 users and a 4.25/5 rating from 44 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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10,000
Ratingdown 1.8 percent1.8%
4.25
44 reviews
Reviewsup 2.3 percent+2.3%
44
Version
0.6.0
Manifest V3

History

1 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 20, 2026.

10.1K10.0K9.9KApr 20, 2026May 30, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 20, 202610.0K4.33430.6.0
Now10.0K4.25440.6.0

Permissions & access

Permissions
activeTabstoragecontextMenusnativeMessagingdownloadsnotificationsdeclarativeNetRequestWithHostAccessscripting
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

External Application Launcher screenshot 1External Application Launcher screenshot 2

About

The "External Application Launcher" extension enables you to define a toolbar button or several context menu items to execute external executables right from your browser. It extracts arguments from the current web page and passes them as command-line arguments of your choice to the external application.

Use Cases:
  - You can send the current page to another browser
  - You can send selected text to a text editor
  - You can open your external email client and send selected text to it
  - You send download links to an external download manager!
  - You can directly send image URLs to a photo editor of your choice
  - You can browse links with specified patterns with an external application

Notes:
1. A minimal native client is required for this extension to execute native commands. The native client uses the official NodeJS executable.
2. The native client is only available for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.

Usage Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTOHWbX7dKU&feature=emb_title

Installtion Video tutorial:
Windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18jAqTXBiZA
Linux and Mac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4Bj_APg4g

Technical

Version
0.6.0
Manifest
V3
Size
164KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u7816faddd64dac806af1e7ae97ee7f10
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Dec 28, 2016
Last Updated (Store)
Jul 1, 2025
Last Scraped
May 30, 2026
Website

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 30, 2026.