OSX Swift open URL in default browser

Question

How to open a url in system default browser by using Swift as programming language and OSX as plattform.

I found a lot with UIApplication like

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Answer 1

Swift 3 or later

import Cocoa

let url = URL(string: "https://www.google.com")!
if NSWorkspace.shared.open(url) {
    print("default browser was successfully opened")

}

Answer 2

macOS:

NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().openURL(NSURL(string: "https://google.com")!)

iOS:

UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(string: "https://google.com")!)