Pickosaurus

A fast, lightweight link picker for macOS.

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Choose where your links open. Pickosaurus displays a picker beside your pointer, so you can click a destination, press a shortcut or copy the link.

Features

• Built for speed and efficiency. Native macOS menus, cached icons and optional start at login.
• Your choice. Supports all major browsers and added applications, including Zoom meeting links.
• Quick controls. Assign a key to each destination, or copy a link with ⌘C.
• Optional rules. Automatically route links by domain, path or source application.
• Private. No data collection, analytics or tracking. No elevated permissions required.

Install

Requires macOS 14 or later. Supports Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

1. Download Pickosaurus 0.2.1.
2. Double-click the ZIP to extract it, then move Pickosaurus.app to Applications.
3. Open Pickosaurus and choose Set as Default Browser… from its menu bar menu.

The release app is Developer ID-signed and notarized by Apple. See GitHub Releases for downloads and checksums.

Use Settings to choose destinations, assign shortcuts and enable Start at login. Turn off Always show picker to use routing rules.

Homebrew

brew install --cask pceiley/pickosaurus/pickosaurus

To update, run brew update followed by brew upgrade --cask pceiley/pickosaurus/pickosaurus. The Homebrew tap installs the same signed and notarized app as the ZIP download. A Mac App Store version is also planned.

Build and run

Requires macOS 14+, Xcode 26+ and XcodeGen. Xcode resolves the pinned Sparkle package when generating the first build.

git clone https://github.com/pceiley/pickosaurus.git
cd pickosaurus
scripts/build-debug.sh
open "build/debug-preview/Products/Pickosaurus Debug.app"

Development builds run separately as Pickosaurus Debug.

Privacy

Links and settings stay on your Mac until you send a link to a destination or copy it. Optional manual updates contact GitHub; this website uses GitHub Pages. See the privacy policy for details.

Credits and license

Inspired by Browserino and Browserosaurus. Based on Browser Picker (browser-picker) by Mert IZCI, with the original MIT licence and notices retained. Standalone releases use the MIT-licensed Sparkle framework for manual, cryptographically signed updates.

Dinosaur artwork generated with ChatGPT and refined for Pickosaurus. Artwork and third-party notices.

For development, see Contributing and maintainer notes. Usage examples are in the app's Help menu.