From b569e682e8aa5c9e87861a481cdfd1e486c39809 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wraith <54374743+wraith4081@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 01:46:24 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] chore(dev): automatically open the browser when the server
 starts in vite (#2733)

## Description:

automatically open the browser when the server starts in vite

## Please complete the following:

- [X] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [X] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [X] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [X] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced

## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:

wraith4081
---
 README.md      | 2 +-
 vite.config.ts | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6aafda82..c2538f239 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ This will:
 
 - Start the webpack dev server for the client
 - Launch the game server with development settings
-- Open the game in your default browser
+- Open the game in your default browser (to disable this behavior, set `SKIP_BROWSER_OPEN=true` in your environment)
 
 ### Client Only
 
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 92fdf1f01..357d68a53 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
 
     server: {
       port: 9000,
+      // Automatically open the browser when the server starts
+      open: process.env.SKIP_BROWSER_OPEN !== "true",
       proxy: {
         "/socket": {
           target: "ws://localhost:3000",