chrome-finder

A Deno library to find Chrome browser installations across different operating systems (Windows, macOS, and Linux).

The code for this has been adapted from npm chrome-finder

Features

• 🔍 Automatically detects Chrome installations
• 🌐 Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⚡ Lightweight and fast
• 🔒 Type-safe with TypeScript

Installation

# Using Deno
import { findChrome } from "jsr:@attalliayoub/chrome-finder@0.1.0";

Usage

import { findChrome } from "@attalliayoub/chrome-finder";

try {
  const chromePath = findChrome();
  console.log("Chrome found at:", chromePath);
} catch (error) {
  if (error.message === "no chrome installations found") {
    console.log("No Chrome installation found on your system");
  } else if (error.message === "platform not support") {
    console.log("Your operating system is not supported");
  }
}

API

findChrome()

Returns the path to the first found Chrome installation.

Returns

• string: The full path to the Chrome executable

Throws

• Error: "no chrome installations found" - When no Chrome installation is detected
• Error: "platform not support" - When running on an unsupported operating system

Supported Platforms

• Windows
  • Chrome Stable
  • Chrome Beta
  • Chrome SxS (Canary)
  • Chromium
• macOS
  • Chrome Stable
  • Chrome Beta
  • Chrome SxS (Canary)
  • Chromium
• Linux
  • Chrome Stable
  • Chrome Beta
  • Chrome SxS (Canary)
  • Chromium

Development

# Run tests in watch mode
deno task dev

License

MIT

Dependencies

• @attalliayoub/fs-access - File system access utilities
• @std/path - Path manipulation utilities
• @std/assert - Assertion utilities