create-react-app: How do I “npm start” with a specific browser?

Question

npm start

starts the react server on the default browser, which is Firefox for me. I like Firefox for browsing but prefer Chrome in web deve

Answer 1

I don't like to repeatedly create a new .env file or prepend npm start every time with an additional command. You can specify your browser of choice instead of none in your shell config file. Type in your terminal the following commands:

echo export BROWSER=none >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

At this point you can run npm start and be happy.