chromium Command Examples

Open-source web browser principally developed and maintained by Google. Note: You may need to replace the chromium command with your desired web browser, such as brave, google-chrome, opera, or vivaldi. More information: https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/run-chromium-with-flags/.

• Open a specific URL or file:

chromium {{https://example.com|path/to/file.html}}

• Open in incognito mode:

chromium --incognito {{example.com}}

• Open in a new window:

chromium --new-window {{example.com}}

• Open in application mode (without toolbars, URL bar, buttons, etc.):

chromium --app={{https://example.com}}

• Use a proxy server:

chromium --proxy-server="{{socks5://hostname:66}}" {{example.com}}

• Open with a custom profile directory:

chromium --user-data-dir={{path/to/directory}}

• Open without CORS validation (useful to test an API):

chromium --user-data-dir={{path/to/directory}} --disable-web-security

• Open with a DevTools window for each tab opened:

chromium --auto-open-devtools-for-tabs