Approximates the current location of the Vivaldi browser across platforms.

vivaldi-location2

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

Support table

This table lists the default locations where Vivaldi 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 vivaldiLocation from "vivaldi-location2";
import {
  locateVivaldiOrExplain,
  getInstallGuidance,
  getVivaldiVersion
} from "vivaldi-location2";

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

// Enable fallback (Stable / Snapshot)
console.log(vivaldiLocation(true));
// => first found among Stable/Snapshot or null

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

  // Cross-platform version (no exec by default)
  console.log(getVivaldiVersion(bin)); // e.g. "6.9.3447.51" or null

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

Via CLI:

npx vivaldi-location2
# Strict (Stable only)

npx vivaldi-location2 --fallback
# Enable cascade (Stable / Snapshot)

# Respect environment overrides
VIVALDI_BINARY=/custom/path/to/vivaldi npx vivaldi-location2

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

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

Environment overrides

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

• VIVALDI_BINARY

API

• default export locateVivaldi(allowFallback?: boolean): string | null
• locateVivaldiOrExplain(options?: boolean | { allowFallback?: boolean }): string
• getVivaldiVersion(bin: string, opts?: { allowExec?: boolean }): string | null
• getInstallGuidance(): string

Related projects

• brave-location
• chrome-location2
• edge-location
• firefox-location2
• opera-location2
• yandex-location

License

MIT (c) Cezar Augusto.