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Downloads:

284

Downloads of v 4.1.2:

38

Last Update:

06 Sep 2024

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • aloneguid

Tags:

browser tamer

Browser Tamer

This is not the latest version of Browser Tamer available.

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4.1.2 | Updated: 06 Sep 2024

Downloads:

284

Downloads of v 4.1.2:

38

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • aloneguid

Tags:

browser tamer

Browser Tamer 4.1.2

This is not the latest version of Browser Tamer available.

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by aloneguid. The inclusion of aloneguid trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify aloneguid goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Browser Tamer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Browser Tamer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Browser Tamer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade browser-tamer -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'4.1.2'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade browser-tamer -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'4.1.2'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install browser-tamer
  win_chocolatey:
    name: browser-tamer
    version: '4.1.2'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'browser-tamer' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '4.1.2'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller browser-tamer
{
    Name     = "browser-tamer"
    Version  = "4.1.2"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'browser-tamer':
  ensure   => '4.1.2',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 08 Sep 2024.

Description

Browser Tamer

official home page - documentation

Note regarding VirusTotal detections

The software vendor is aware that a number of AV vendors detect it as potentially unwanted and may block it.

📦Features at a Glance

  • Extremely lightweight on memory and resources, written in safe modern C++.

    • Self-contained single .exe under 2 Mb in size with no dependencies.
    • Available as .msi installer.
    • Portable mode supported.
    • Fits on a floppy disk if you can find it in 2023! 💾
  • Completely free and open-source.

  • Intelligent detection of the most popular browsers.

    • Firefox, Edge, Chrome, Brave and so on.
    • Detection of browser profiles.
    • Support for Firefox Containers.
    • Support for incognito mode / tor mode.
  • Add your own, custom browser or application customised with any parameters you want.

  • Rule-based redirect based on matching inside entire URL, domain, or path. This can be a simple case-insensitive substring or a regular expression.

  • Rule-based redirect based on window title and process name.

  • Assign rule priorities.

  • Supports URL processing pipeline, which allows for custom URL pre-processing with

  • Extensions to integrate with Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or any Chromium-based or Firefox-based browser (Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, Waterfox, LibreWolf etc.).
    Chrome Web Store Version Mozilla Add-on Version

  • Open links in "chromeless (frameless)" window.

  • Optional audit of rule hits to a csv file.

  • Beautiful UI based on ImGui (GPU-accelerated UI engine used in games) with support for themes.

Statistics

In 2023, Browser Tamer was installed by 5150 people and in December 2023 it had 561 regular users (using BT constantly for more than 7 days in a row)! This is all I can expose, as only very basic anonymous stats are reported (the fact that you have launched BT).

Raising an Issue

Feel free to raise an issue here or start a discussion.

Contributing

I value your interest in this open-source project. While I don't accept pull requests (there is no way to turn them off in GitHub), your support through coffee donations directly contributes to the project's development and sustainability, allowing me to invest more resources into refining, addressing issues, and implementing new features. Your involvement, in any form, is greatly appreciated. Thank you for being a part of our journey!


tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url = "https://github.com/aloneguid/bt/releases/download/4.1.2/bt-4.1.2.msi"

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
  unzipLocation  = $toolsDir
  fileType       = 'msi'
  url            = $url

  softwareName   = 'Browser Tamer*'

  checksum       = '82B806A9FCE593571B6BCA994F9C852B0274119F8B995E66C5863E97DAFE9DA1'
  checksumType   = 'sha256'

  silentArgs     = "/qn /norestart /l*v `"$($env:TEMP)\$($packageName).$($env:chocolateyPackageVersion).MsiInstall.log`""
  validExitCodes = @(0, 3010, 1641)
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Browser Tamer 4.1.2 38 Friday, September 6, 2024 Approved
Browser Tamer 4.1.0 12 Wednesday, September 4, 2024 Approved
Browser Tamer 4.0.3 35 Thursday, August 1, 2024 Approved
Browser Tamer 4.0.2 25 Friday, July 19, 2024 Approved
Browser Tamer 4.0.1 22 Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Approved
Browser Tamer 4.0.0 29 Monday, July 8, 2024 Approved
Browser Tamer 3.7.4 18 Monday, June 10, 2024 Approved
Browser Tamer 3.7.3 64 Thursday, May 2, 2024 Approved

"Close on focus loss" option was not working properly. Thanks to @rp1231.

Installation instructions.

GitHub Downloads (specific asset, latest release)
GitHub Downloads (specific asset, latest release)


This package has no dependencies.

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