Chrome

Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. As of May 2012, Chrome has approximately 33% worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the most widely used web browser.

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• Chrome [EN] @ Wikipedia
• Chrome [DE] @ Wikipedia

Documentation

• List of Chromium Command Line Switches [EN]

Additional Resources

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• Raindrop.io
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• Web Developer

Parameters

--incognito

Causes the browser to launch directly in incognito mode.

--profile-directory=DIRECTORY

Selects DIRECTORY of profile to associate with the first browser launched.

--user-data-dir=DIRECTORY

Specifies the user data DIRECTORY. This is the one directory which stores all persistent data.

Examples

Start multiple Chrome instances with different profiles using open on macOS

app_config_dir="${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome"

for profile in 'alex' 'marty'; do
  open -a 'Google Chrome' -n --args --incognito \
    --profile-directory="${app_config_dir}/${profile}"
done