Approximates the current location of the Opera browser across platforms.

opera-location2

• By default checks only stable. Optionally can cascade to beta / developer.
• Supports macOS / Windows / Linux
• Works both as an ES module or CommonJS

Support table

This table lists the default locations where Opera is typically installed for each supported platform and channel. By default, only the Stable channel is checked. When fallback is enabled, the package checks these paths (in order) and returns the first one found.

Returns the first existing path found (given selected channels), or null if none are found.

Usage

Via Node.js (strict by default):

import operaLocation from "opera-location2";
import {
  locateOperaOrExplain,
  getInstallGuidance,
  getOperaVersion
} from "opera-location2";

// Strict (Stable only)
console.log(operaLocation());
// => "/Applications/Opera.app/Contents/MacOS/Opera" or null

// Enable fallback (Stable / Beta / Developer)
console.log(operaLocation(true));
// => first found among Stable/Beta/Developer or null

// Throw with a friendly guide when not found
try {
  const bin = locateOperaOrExplain({allowFallback: true});
  console.log(bin);

  // Cross-platform version (no exec by default)
  console.log(getOperaVersion(bin)); // e.g. "114.0.5282.233" or null

  // Opt-in: allow executing the binary (Linux/other)
  console.log(getOperaVersion(bin, {allowExec: true}));
} catch (e) {
  console.error(String(e));
  // Or print getInstallGuidance() explicitly
}

Via CLI:

npx opera-location2
# Strict (Stable only)

npx opera-location2 --fallback
# Enable cascade (Stable / Beta / Developer)

# Respect environment overrides
OPERA_BINARY=/custom/path/to/opera npx opera-location2

# Print browser version (empty + exit code 2 if unavailable)
npx opera-location2 --opera-version
npx opera-location2 --browser-version

# Opt-in: allow executing the binary to fetch version
npx opera-location2 --browser-version --allow-exec

Environment overrides

If this environment variable is set and points to an existing binary, it takes precedence:

• OPERA_BINARY

API

• default export locateOpera(allowFallback?: boolean): string | null
• locateOperaOrExplain(options?: boolean | { allowFallback?: boolean }): string
• getOperaVersion(bin: string, opts?: { allowExec?: boolean }): string | null
• getInstallGuidance(): string

Related projects

• brave-location
• chrome-location2
• edge-location
• firefox-location2
• vivaldi-location2
• yandex-location
• librewolf-location
• waterfox-location

License

MIT (c) Cezar Augusto.