In short
Browserosaurus is a free, open-source Mac app that shows a menu of your browsers every time you click a link in another app. You choose; it opens. It has no rules and doesn't open browser profiles. The project was archived on 2 August 2025, and its last version is 20.12.0, from 27 July 2025. It still runs, but won't be fixed.
Profile Porter works the other way round: it picks the profile where you use the site and opens the link there, and only shows a picker when two profiles are about even.
Side by side
| Profile Porter | Browserosaurus | |
|---|---|---|
| Picks a profile without rules | Yes: from sign-ins, saved passwords and history | No: you pick each time |
| Rules | Optional: a site, or every link from an app, to one profile | No |
| Asks you | When two profiles are about even, or when you hold Shift | Every link |
| Learns from your picks | Yes, from each pick and each Undo | No |
| Chrome, Edge, Brave profiles | Yes | No: browsers only |
| Firefox profiles | Yes, old and new style | No |
| Firefox containers | Yes, with the Open external links in a container add-on | No |
| Safari profiles | Yes, on a Mac (Safari 17 or later) | No |
| Opens links in apps | Yes, when the site says its app opens the link (Zoom, Figma) | Yes, in the picker (Zoom, Spotify, Slack, Figma and others) |
| Removes tracking from links | Yes, built in | No |
| Expands short links | Yes, if you turn it on | No |
| Undo a wrong pick | Yes | No |
| Private window | Yes: hold Shift as you pick (not Safari) | Yes: hold Shift as you pick |
| Price | €12 once for 1.x, on up to 3 computers; 14-day refund | Free |
| Platforms | macOS 14 or later; Windows 10 or 11 | macOS |
| Open source | No | Yes (GPL-3.0) |
Where Browserosaurus is better
- It's free and open source (GPL-3.0).
- You always choose. If you want to decide every link yourself, a picker on every click is exactly that. Space opens your favourite, and each browser can have its own key.
- Apps in the same menu. Zoom, Spotify, Slack, Figma and others sit next to your browsers.
- It reads nothing of yours. No history, no cookies, no Full Disk Access.
Where Profile Porter is better
- It's maintained. Browserosaurus gets no more fixes, so a change in macOS or a browser can break it for good.
- It opens profiles. Chrome, Edge, Brave, Firefox (profiles and containers) and Safari profiles. Browserosaurus only chooses the browser, so the link opens in whichever profile that browser shows last.
- No click on every link. It decides from where you're signed in, and asks only on a close call.
- Windows too.
Price and platforms
Browserosaurus is free, for macOS, and no longer maintained. Its developer suggests Browserino, a community fork, or Velja. There's also a Windows port, Browseratops.
Profile Porter is €12 once for every 1.x update, on up to 3 computers, Mac or Windows, with a full refund within 14 days if it isn't for you. It needs macOS 14 or later, or Windows 10 or 11.
Which to choose
Stay with Browserosaurus (or a fork) if…
- you want to choose the browser for every link yourself;
- you use one profile per browser, so the browser is all that matters;
- you want it free and open source.
Choose Profile Porter if…
- you have more than one profile in a browser, for work and personal or for clients;
- you'd rather it decide, and ask only when it's a close call;
- you want something that's still being updated, on a Mac or Windows.
Get Profile Porter for €12, once.
Everything included, no account, and a full refund within 14 days if it isn't for you. macOS 14 or later, or Windows 10 or 11.
Checked on 21 October 2026 on their official pages: Browserosaurus on GitHub; its last release; the retirement post; Browserino. Something out of date? Tell us at support@profileporter.com.