Directory of URL Schemes for Mac Apps

Is there a directory of all the Mac Apps that support URL Schemes? A URL Scheme is a custom url that launches the app and might perform an action.

omnifocus://

The above URL scheme works for OmniFocus.app


Solution 1:

Another option would be to use lsregister -dump.

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump | grep -B6 bindings:.*:

Solution 2:

For a list of all URL schemes the applications on your system support, get RCDefaultApp. It will add a preference pane to system preferences that includes a list of supported URL schemes and the applications providing that support.

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Please note that these schemes are not necessarily related to useful services provided by the apps. Many exist simply to facilitate registering software (e.g. x-voodoopad-register, x-unison2-reg,or webnote-license) by clicking a link in an email and aren't of any use otherwise. For the rest, you need to figure out how to use them. Just running e.g. open txmt://foo in the Terminal will not produce a useful result.

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