browser-installations

node.js library for detection of installed browsers and their management

Installations

It supports detection of following browsers:

• Linux – Chrome, Firefox
• Windows – Chrome, Firefox

Example of detecting installed Chrome version (Typescript)

import {detectorFactory} from "browser-installations";
const detector = detectorFactory("chrome");
const chromeMetadata = detector.detect();
console.log(`Chrome version: ${chromeMetadata.version}`);

Management

It also supports disabling of browser autoupdates. It is currently available for Chrome on both Linux and Windows. Note: this functionality needs to be run under administrator account since it handles system files.

Example of disabling auto updates of Chrome (Typescript)

import {managerFactory} from "browser-installations";
const manager = managerFactory("chrome");
await manager.setUpdates(false);

Changelog

Tool history can be found in CHANGELOG.md