1 # webbrowser [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/toqueteos/webbrowser.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/toqueteos/webbrowser) [![GoDoc](http://godoc.org/github.com/toqueteos/webbrowser?status.png)](http://godoc.org/github.com/toqueteos/webbrowser)
3 webbrowser provides a simple API for opening web pages on your default browser.
5 It's inspired on [Python's webbrowser](http://docs.python.org/3/library/webbrowser.html) package but lacks some of its features (open new window).
7 It just opens a webpage, most browsers will open it on a new tab.
14 go get -u github.com/toqueteos/webbrowser
22 import "github.com/toqueteos/webbrowser"
25 webbrowser.Open("http://golang.org")
31 ## Crossplatform support
35 - [x] `android` (verified by 3rd party)
37 - [x] `freebsd` (verified by 3rd party)
39 - [x] `netbsd` (verified by 3rd party)
40 - [x] `openbsd` (verified by 3rd party)
45 It is licensed under the MIT open source license, please see the [LICENSE.md](https://github.com/toqueteos/webbrowser/blob/master/LICENSE.md) file for more information.
49 Miki Tebeka wrote a nicer version that wasn't on godoc.org when I did this, [check it out!](https://bitbucket.org/tebeka/go-wise/src/d8db9bf5c4d1/desktop.go?at=default).
51 ## Already disliking it?
53 No problem! There's alternative libraries that may be better to your needs:
55 - https://github.com/pkg/browser, it does what webbrowser does and more!
56 - https://github.com/skratchdot/open-golang, it even provides a `xdg-open` implementation in case you don't have it!