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utiluti vs SwiftDefaultApps: catalog facts
utiluti	SwiftDefaultApps
Best for: macOS users managing default app associations in scripts or the terminal	Best for: Mac users who want to set default apps by file type or URL scheme
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.	Free The project is available to download from GitHub.
macOS, Command line	macOS, Command line
Inspects default apps for URL schemes and file types Can change app associations from the command line	Provides a preference pane and command-line tool Handles defaults for file types and URL schemes
For macOS only Changing the HTTP default app requires user confirmation	Older releases are x86_64 only and may not appear in System Settings on Apple Silicon
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for utiluti github.com/scriptingosx/utiluti Catalog checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for SwiftDefaultApps github.com/Lord-Kamina/SwiftDefaultApps Catalog checked October 8, 2026

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