URL-Bridge

URL-Bridge allows you to open URLs on another computer.

Server

The server should be run on the computer with the browser that you want to use.

Config

Edit server-conf.json with the following options:

listen

The port the server will listen on.

sources

An array of allowed client IP addresses.

Client

The client should be run on any computer which you want to open URLs from.

Config

Edit client-conf.json with the IP/Hostname and port of the server.

Misc

The server uses the following to open urls:

• xdg-open on GNU/Linux based systems
• explorer.exe on Windows systems
• open on OSX systems

Two registry files are included, URLBridge-win7.reg and URLBridge-win8.reg which can be used to to register URLBridge as the default browser. For Windows 7 simply run the URLBridge-win7.reg file. For Windows 8 run URLBridge-win8.reg and then change your default browser - it will appear as a Node.js application in the browser list.

Both files assume that URL-Bridge is located at C:\URLBridge\ and that nodejs.exe is located at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe. They can be edited if required to change the locations.

Todo

• Encryption: Currently plain URLs are sent across the wire. Encryption should be added for security.

Pull-requests welcome!