open-browser

Open a web browser from Haskell

https://github.com/mpilgrem/open-browser

LTS Haskell 24.65:0.4.0.0
Stackage Nightly 2026-10-28:0.5.1.0
Latest on Hackage:0.5.1.0

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BSD-3-Clause licensed by rightfold
Maintained by [email protected]
This version can be pinned in stack with:open-browser-0.5.1.0@sha256:0dc8dc33b9bba0e025e444355f6c2d806f62a4656446961c3647165f80f0d278,1959

Module documentation for 0.5.1.0

Used by 3 packages in nightly-2026-10-28(full list with versions):
cabal-install, LambdaHack, open-browser

open-browser

A Haskell library that provides the function openBrowser that, given a URL or other item associated with a web browser, yields an IO action that seeks to open the item in the user’s preferred web browser.

Supported operating systems are Windows, macOS, Linux and BSD.

Originally developed by rightfold.

Changes

Changelog for open-browser

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to the Haskell Package Versioning Policy.

0.5.1.0 - 2026-07-02

  • Fix a regression on unsupported operating systems.

0.5.0.0 - 2026-06-22

  • Fix a regression on Linux operating systems, whereby xdg-open would not return until the browser was closed.
  • Replace utility openBrowserWithExitCode with openBrowserWithException.

0.4.0.0 - 2025-04-02

  • On Unix-like operating systems, use Haskell to silence the opening application or script, rather than the sh shell on Linux and BSD.
  • Add utility openBrowserWithExitCode, to help with debugging failure.
  • Improve Haddock documentation.

0.3.0.1 - 2025-03-17

  • On Windows, remove unnecessary dependency on process.
  • Improve Haddock documentation.

0.3.0.0 - 2025-03-16

  • Make operating system-related choices at compilation. The function will never succeed on unsupported operating systems, rather than than throwing an ErrorCall exception.
  • Drop support for 32-bit Windows.

0.2.1.1 - 2025-03-15

  • Add CHANGELOG.md and README.md.
  • Add stack.yaml and stack.yaml.lock to package description.
  • Example executable renamed open-browser-example (from example).
  • The building of the example executable now requires Cabal flag example (default: false).
  • URL in example executable updated to https://www.haskell.org/.

0.2.1.0 - 2016-01-05

  • As released by rightfold on Hackage. This entry and prior change log is reconstructed.
  • Support GHC versions before GHC 8.0, by removing the Byte Order Mark from source files.
  • Add support for 32-bit Windows, by using the stdcall calling convention.

0.2.0.0 - 2015-07-31

  • Remote deprecated Network.Browser.openBrowser.

0.1.4.0 - 2015-07-30

  • On Linux and BSD, silence the xdg-open script using the sh shell.

0.1.3.0 - 2015-07-27

  • Add support for BSD, using the xdg-open script.
  • Add support for Windows, using the Win32 API and the ccall calling convention.

0.1.2.0 - 2015-07-27

  • Web.Browser.openBrowser added and Network.Browser.openBrowser deprecated.

0.1.1.0 - 2015-07-27

  • Add support for Linux, using the xdg-open script.
  • On OS X, use the open application.

0.1.0.0 - 2015-07-25

  • Initial version. Only OS X supported, using open location in an AppleScript.