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Stats External Application Launcher External Application Launcher Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder
User count 5,000+ 13,000,000+
Average rating 4.24 3.97
Rating count 42 11,645
Last updated 2024-04-08 2024-04-03
Size 163.84K 25.23M
Version 0.5.4.1 3.39.0-8de702d47
Short description
Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more The leading screen recorder for Chrome. Capture, edit and share videos in seconds.
Full summary

The "External Application Launcher" extension enables you to define a toolbar button or several context menu items to execute external executables right from your browser. It extracts arguments from the current web page and passes them as command-line arguments of your choice to the external application.

Use Cases:

  • You can send the current page to another browser
  • You can send selected text to a text editor
  • You can open your external email client and send selected text to it
  • You send download links to an external download manager!
  • You can directly send image URLs to a photo editor of your choice
  • You can browse links with specified patterns with an external application

Notes:

  1. A minimal native client is required for this extension to execute native commands. The native client uses the official NodeJS executable.
  2. The native client is only available for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.

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Screencastify is Chrome's simplest free screen recorder and video-creation platform, empowering anyone to become a better communicator by recording, editing, sharing, and assessing videos in seconds.

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Educators, professionals, and personal creators across the world use Screencastify screen recorder as a simple way to communicate more effectively through video.

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