Web platform features explorer - File handlers

Web platform features explorer

The file_handlers web app manifest member registers an installed web app as a handler for files with specific file extensions or MIME types.

Status

Limited availability

MDN documentation

file_handlers

Specifications

Manifest Incubations (#file_handlers-member), from Web Platform Incubator Community Group (W3C).

Browser support

Chrome 102 Released on 2022-05-24
Chrome Android ❌
Edge 102 Released on 2022-05-31
Firefox ❌
Firefox for Android ❌
Safari ❌
Safari on iOS ❌

Developer signals

State of HTML 2025: features/all_features question
State of HTML 2024: mobile_web_apps/mobile_web_apps_features question
State of HTML 2024: features/all_features question

Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~0.000% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.

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