Open URL in browser

Open websites in your default browser from the terminal with site aliases like youtube or github, full URLs, or desktop browser app launchers.

Open sites in your default system browser without leaving the terminal.

Quick start

arka open youtube
arka open github.com
arka open https://news.ycombinator.com
arka browse google
open google in browser

Site aliases

Common names map to URLs automatically:

Name	Opens
youtube	https://youtube.com
google	https://google.com
github	https://github.com
reddit	https://reddit.com
wikipedia	https://wikipedia.org
hackernews / hn	https://news.ycombinator.com

Full https:// URLs and domain.tld patterns work as-is.

Arka keeps the path and query you provide. So open https://example.com/docs?a=1 opens that exact URL instead of inventing a new one.

Browser app launchers

Bare browser names launch the installed desktop browser app instead of opening the matching .com site:

Name	Launches
brave	Brave Browser
chrome / googlechrome	Google Chrome
chromium	Chromium
firefox	Firefox
safari	Safari (macOS)
edge / microsoftedge	Microsoft Edge
arc	Arc
vivaldi	Vivaldi
opera	Opera

arka open brave
arka open firefox
arka launch chrome

The alias triggers on the bare token only. To open the matching website instead, pass a URL-like target:

arka open brave.com
arka open https://firefox.com

Arka calls open -a "<App>" on macOS, start on Windows, and the first matching binary on PATH on Linux (for example brave-browser, google-chrome, microsoft-edge). If the app is not installed, Arka prints Could not launch '<App>' and exits non-zero.

Natural language examples:

arka open this exact url https://example.com/docs?a=1
arka repair broken links in this file

vs play_youtube

Phrase	Skill
arka open youtube	Opens youtube.com in browser
arka play lofi on youtube	YouTube playback skill

Arka disambiguates open (browser) from play / watch (media).

Commands

Command	Description
arka open <site-or-url>	Open in default browser
arka browse <site-or-url>	Alias
open_url <target>	Direct skill (fish)