BrowserSelect vs RainmeterFreeze

BrowserSelect

Browser Select is a utility to dynamically select the browser you want instead of just having one default for all links. (by zumoshi)

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RainmeterFreeze

❄ Saves up CPU by freezing Rainmeter when it's not visible (by ascpixi)

Customization Rainmeter Desktop Widgets C# rainmeter-plugin Windows

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BrowserSelect		RainmeterFreeze
	Project
2	Mentions	2
286	Stars	21
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	1.8
3 months ago	Latest Commit	almost 2 years ago
C#	Language	C#
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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BrowserSelect

Posts with mentions or reviews of BrowserSelect. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-24.

Suggestions for "Browser Selector" ?
3 projects | /r/emacs | 24 Dec 2021

For anyone who stumbled in here looking for something for Windows, I have been using BrowserSelect for a couple years and it works perfectly.
Looking for add-on to forward pages in another browser
1 project | /r/FirefoxAddons | 17 Sep 2021

Fairy might work OK in MAC, but its FOSS alternative for windows https://github.com/zumoshi/BrowserSelect does not work within the browser. It more works like default browser, letting you choose in which browser to open the links AND default for certain domains.

RainmeterFreeze

Posts with mentions or reviews of RainmeterFreeze. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

i've made a little program that freezes Rainmeter when it's not visible to save CPU/battery power!
1 project | /r/Rainmeter | 27 Apr 2022
i've made a little program that freezes Rainmeter when it's not visible, saving CPU/battery power!
1 project | /r/Rainmeter | 27 Apr 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing BrowserSelect and RainmeterFreeze you can also consider the following projects:

emacs-application-framework - EAF, an extensible framework that revolutionizes the graphical capabilities of Emacs

JaxCore - A beautiful set of tools and widgets to spice up your desktop.

Myrtille - A native HTML4 / HTML5 Remote Desktop Protocol and SSH client

ValliStart - A start menu to replace the un-customizable one that you have right now.

CefSharp - .NET (WPF and Windows Forms) bindings for the Chromium Embedded Framework

WebNowPlaying - A NowPlaying like plugin for rainmeter built for getting music info from websites

RainbowTaskbar - Powerful, customizable Windows 10/11 taskbar effects.

lively - Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.

Neutronium - 🚀 Build .NET desktop applications using HTML, CSS and javascript.

Stack - Tiling window manager for Windows with XAML-based layouts

Blazor.Diagrams - A fully customizable and extensible all-purpose diagrams library for Blazor [Moved to: https://github.com/Blazor-Diagrams/Blazor.Diagrams]

WebNowPlaying-Rainmeter - Rainmeter Adapter for WebNowPlaying