New Feature: Browser Arguments

Doug Slater Doug  ·  2025-09-29

A couple of days ago, I shared Linklever on Hacker News. The post received valuable feedback.

User mrbluecoat asked, "Does it support opening in incognito mode [...] ?" The answer until then was no, but today the answer is yes!

Linklever now supports passing custom arguments to the browser.

What do custom arguments have to do with incognito mode? Many browsers have a command line option to open in private or incognito mode.

Chrome Incognito

For example, in the Apps tab, I can add a custom app that includes Chrome's incognito flag:

Then, in the Rules tab, I can add a rule to route example.com to Chrome Incognito:

Finally, when I open example.com in some app, for example TextEdit, Linklever opens Chrome in incognito mode:

Your Turn

What uses can you think of? Here are the argument lists for some popular browsers:

Let me know what you find! [email protected]