4.4.0-alpha — Rules UI, Firefox profiles & window-aware routing

What's new

• Visual rules editor — create and manage URL routing rules directly in the UI without touching a config file. Supports multiple match patterns per rule, browser/profile selection, and autosaves as you go. Rules are evaluated live so you can see which one matches a given URL and why.
• opener.windowTitle — match on the focused window title of the app that opened a URL. Useful for apps like Slack where multiple workspaces share the same process. Requires Accessibility permission in System Settings → Privacy & Security.
• Firefox profile support — open URLs in a specific Firefox profile via { browser: { name: "Firefox", profile: "work" } }.
• No more duplicate menu bar icons — Finicky now detects and kills stale duplicate instances at startup, which could accumulate after updates or in certain launch environments.

Thanks

@totsamyroma for windowTitle and Firefox profiles, and @joeflateau for the duplicate instance fix.

Full Changelog: v4.3.0-alpha...v4.4.0-alpha

4.3.0-alpha - UI update

• Updates the UI
  • adds a url testing page
  • adds a config display section (read only, values are read from your current configuration file)
• Adds 'Edit config' menu bar option

What's Changed

• feat: add more chromium browsers by @stek29 in #493
• Updated UI by @johnste in #497

New Contributors

• @stek29 made their first contribution in #493

Full Changelog: v4.2.2...v4.3.0-alpha

v4.2.2

This is a small release intended to serve as a workaround for #490

Changes:

• keepRunning is now defaulted to true
• If keepRunning is false, browsers will open in the foreground.

Full Changelog: v4.2.1...v4.2.2

v4.2.1 - Back in the status menu

Release Highlights

• Finicky now runs as a background app (no dock icon).
• New configuration options:
  • keepRunning: keep Finicky running in the background
  • hideIcon: hide the menu bar icon

What's Changed

• Add Microsoft Safe Links to shortener_domains.json by @buckbanzai in #463
• feat: add support for Perplexity Comet browser by @Frusty in #478
• Check whether --args is already present in args by @kevinjfoley in #464
• feat: Make app to run in the background by @johnste in #482
• Other miscellaneous fixes

New Contributors

• @buckbanzai made their first contribution in #463
• @Frusty made their first contribution in #478
• @kevinjfoley made their first contribution in #464

Full Changelog: v4.1.4...v4.2.1

v4.2.1-beta

Fixes a couple of issues found in v4.2.0-alpha

• Adds a new method of detecting if app should open in background or not
• Handles no available updates being available better
• Small redesign of window contents
• Some misc cleanup

Full Changelog: v4.2.0-alpha...v4.2.1-beta

v4.2.0-alpha

Release highlights

• Finicky now runs as a background app (no dock icon).
• New configuration options:
  • keepRunning: keep Finicky running in the background
  • hideIcon: hide the menu bar icon
• Releasing as beta since this changes a lot in how Finicky runs

What's Changed

• Add Microsoft Safe Links to shortener_domains.json by @buckbanzai in #463
• feat: add support for Perplexity Comet browser by @Frusty in #478
• Check whether --args is already present in args by @kevinjfoley in #464
• feat: Make app to run in the background by @johnste in #482
• fix: Don't save incomplete update info 2ba0bf7

New Contributors

• @buckbanzai made their first contribution in #463
• @Frusty made their first contribution in #478
• @kevinjfoley made their first contribution in #464

Full Changelog: v4.1.4...v4.2.0-beta

v4.1.4

What's Changed

• Add aka.ms to the shortener domains. Closes #453 by @martinpeck in #454
• feat: compare new versions with semver by @johnste in #457
• Use macOS directory APIs by @johnste in #455 (Big thanks to @samcarter for helping out troubleshooting!)
• fix: Prefix arguments with --args by @johnste in #460

New Contributors

• @martinpeck made their first contribution in #454

Full Changelog: v4.1.3...v4.1.4

v4.1.3

What's Changed

• feat: add chrome extension by @johnste in #423
• Typo fixed in configuration file path in README.md. by @sheffsky in #439
• fix: only show update info if different from current by @johnste in #444
• fix: reappearing log entries after clearing logs by @johnste in #445
• feat: follow symlinks by @johnste in #446
• build(deps-dev): bump vite from 6.2.5 to 6.3.5 in /packages/config-api by @dependabot in #427

New Contributors

• @sheffsky made their first contribution in #439

Full Changelog: v4.1.2...v4.1.3

v4.1.2

What's Changed

• feat: add support for Helium by @catdevnull in #435
• fix: Load system functions before running config by @belak in #434

New Contributors

• @catdevnull made their first contribution in #435
• @belak made their first contribution in #434

Full Changelog: v4.1.1...v4.1.2

v4.1.1 - Universal build

Finicky is now provided as a universal build, meaning it will run on both Silicon and Intel Macs.

What's Changed

• feat: add ci for universal builds by @johnste in #426

Full Changelog: v4.1.0...v4.1.1