Bumpr alternative
A free Bumpr alternative that routes to browser profiles
Bumpr is a polished $2.99 picker for web and email links, but it chooses apps, not profiles. If you need links to land in a specific browser profile, Work Chrome versus Personal Chrome, or a Safari profile, Burly is the free alternative to try.
Bumpr is a tidy macOS link picker on the Mac App Store. Click a web link and it shows a small popup of your installed browsers under the cursor; click a mailto link and it offers your email apps instead, so it routes email as well as web links. It supports per-domain rules, number-key shortcuts, and browser extensions for right-click routing. It picks browsers and apps, not profiles, so it cannot target a specific browser profile or a Safari profile. It costs $2.99 as a one time purchase.
Is Burly a good Bumpr alternative?
If you are after a Bumpr alternative, it is usually because you have outgrown picking between browsers and now need to pick between profiles. Bumpr is a polished, inexpensive picker, and it does one thing Burly does not: it routes email links too, sending a mailto to the email client or webmail you choose. But it picks apps, not profiles, so it cannot tell Work Chrome from Personal Chrome, and it has no concept of Safari profiles. Burly is free, makes each profile a destination, and adds per-profile emoji, colors, and hotkeys. If you lean on Bumpr for email routing, that is the one thing you would give up.
Burly vs. Bumpr, feature by feature
| Feature | Burly | Bumpr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $2.99 one-time |
| Opens links in a specific browser profile | ✓ | ✗ |
| Targets Safari profiles | ✓ | ✗ |
| Routes email (mailto) links to your choice of app | ✗ | ✓ |
| Per-domain rules | ✗ | ✓ |
| Browser extensions for right-click routing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Picker at your cursor | Radial, under the cursor | Popup under the cursor |
| Keyboard shortcuts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-profile keyboard shortcuts | ✓ | ✗ |
| Global hotkey to open a profile (no link needed) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Per-profile emoji, account photo, and color | ✓ | ✗ |
| Fully local, no account | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native macOS app | ✓ | ✓ |
Feature data verified against each vendor's site in June 2026.
Where Bumpr is the better pick
- Bumpr routes email too. Click a mailto link and it lets you choose the email client, or send it straight to Gmail in the browser you pick.
- It supports per-domain rules, so chosen hosts can always open in a chosen browser with no picker in the way.
- Its browser extensions for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Edge let you right-click or shift-click a link to route it from inside the browser.
- At $2.99 on the Mac App Store it is mature, inexpensive, and easy to install and trust.
The verdict
Bumpr is a great, inexpensive pick if you want one tidy app to route both web and email links, with per-domain rules as a bonus. Choose Burly if you need to reach a specific browser profile, Work versus Personal Chrome, or a Safari profile, which Bumpr cannot do. Burly is free, native, and treats every profile as a first class destination, with a radial picker, per-profile keys, and a global hotkey for every profile.
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