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Problem

How to use the chromium command: 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/>.

Solution

chromium — 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

Code Snippets

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}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/chromium

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