List of URI schemes

This article lists common URI schemes. A Uniform Resource Identifier helps identify a source without ambiguity. Many URI schemes are registered with the IANA; however, there exist many unofficial URI schemes as well. Mobile deep links are one example of a class of unofficial URI schemes that allow for linking directly to a specific location in a mobile app.

Official IANA-registered schemes

The official URI schemes registered with the IANA are as follows (note that "IETF Draft" in no way is a finalized specification and must not be treated so; refer to Section 2.2 of RFC 2026 for more details):

Scheme Purpose
Status
Defined by General format Notes
aaa
aaas
Diameter Protocol
Permanent
RFC 3588
RFC 6733
aaa[s]://<host>[:<port>][;transport=<transport>][;protocol=<protocol>]

example:
aaa://host.example.com:1813;transport=udp;protocol=radius

about Displaying product information and internal information
Permanent
RFC 6694 See about URI scheme for more details. Widely used by web browsers, sometimes even providing interactive resources. Individual vendors modify this scheme: for instance, the Opera web browser forwards to their opera: scheme instead and Chrome uses chrome:.
acap Application Configuration Access Protocol
Permanent
RFC 2244 acap://[<user>[;AUTH=<type>]@]<host>[:<port>]/<entry> URL scheme used within the ACAP protocol for the "subdataset" attribute, referrals and inheritance
acct Identifying user account
Permanent
RFC 7565
acr Anonymous Customer Reference
Provisional
IANA registration template
Open Mobile Alliance
adiumxtra Direct installation of Adium Xtras (plugins).
Provisional
IANA registration template
The Adium Team
adiumxtra://www.adiumxtras.com/download/0000 0000 refers to a specific Xtra
afp Accessing Apple Filing Protocol shares
Provisional
IANA registration template
IETF Draft
over TCP/IP
afp://[<user>@]<host>[:<port>][/[<path>]]
over AppleTalk
afp:/at/[<user>@]<host>[:<zone>][/]
afs Andrew File System global file names
Provisional
RFC 1738
aim Controlling AOL Instant Messenger.
Provisional
IANA registration template
AOL
aim:<function>?<parameters> Functions include goim, addbuddy, and buddyicon.
apt Experimental method of installing software using APT.
Provisional
IANA registration template apt:<package name> Commonly found on websites which contain Debian software repositories.
attachment Attaching resources to MHTML pages
Provisional
IANA registration template attachment:/<resource number>/<filename> Opera-specific
aw Link to an Active Worlds world
Provisional
IANA registration template
Activeworlds Inc.
aw://<worldserver host>:<worldserver port>/<worldname> Mostly found in HTTP referers when users open a website from within an Active Worlds world.
amss Identifier for an AMSS broadcast
Provisional
ETSI TS 103 270 amss:<sid>
barion Send e-money to a Barion e-money wallet
Provisional
IANA registration template
Barion URI scheme
charity|p2p]] Used by Barion mobile apps.
beshare Open a search query on a BeShare server
Provisional
IANA registration template
BeShare source code
beshare://<servername>/<query> Mostly used internally, with variants.
bitcoin Send money to a Bitcoin address
Provisional
IANA registration template
Bitcoin URI Scheme
bitcoin:<address>[?[amount=<size>][&][label=<label>][&][message=<message>]]
blob Binary data access in browsers
Provisional
IANA registration template
W3C
bolo Join an existing bolo game.
Provisional
IANA registration template bolo://<hostname>/ Mostly passed via IRC or via tracker servers.
callto Launching Skype call (+And in Hungary the KLIP Software call too) (see also skype:)
Provisional
IANA registration template
old version of IETF Draft
callto:<screenname> or
callto:<phonenumber>
Introduced with Microsoft NetMeeting. Works with current version of Skype with Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari
cap Calendar access protocol
Permanent
RFC 4324 generic syntax URL scheme used to designate both calendar stores and calendars accessible using the CAP protocol
chrome Specifies user interfaces built using XUL in Mozilla-based browsers.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Mozilla
chrome://<package>/<section>/<path> (Where <section> is either "content", "skin" or "locale") Works only in Mozilla-based browsers such as Firefox, SeaMonkey and Netscape. Not related to the Google Chrome browser.
chrome Used for the management of Google Chrome's settings. In contrast with other browsers, its preferences appear as web-pages instead of dialog boxes.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Google
chrome://<settings>/<path>/[<specificSetting>] Works only in Google Chrome and Chromium.
chrome-extension Manage the settings of extensions which have been installed.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Google
chrome-extension://<extensionID>/<pageName>.html (Where <extensionID> is the ID given to the extension by "Chrome Web Store" and <pageName> is the location of an HTML page) Works only in Google Chrome and Chromium.
com-eventbrite-attendee
Provisional
IANA registration template
cid Referencing individual parts of an SMTP/MIME message
Permanent
RFC 2111
RFC 2392
cid:<content-id> e.g. referencing an attached image within a formatted e-mail. (See also mid:)
coap
coaps
Constrained Application Protocol
Permanent
RFC 7252 coap[s]://<host>[:<port>]/<path>[?<query>] Identify CoAP resources and provide a means of locating the resource.
content Accessing an Android content provider.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Open Handset Alliance
content://provider/<path> Performs a query on an Android Content Provider
crid TV-Anytime Content Reference Identifier
Permanent
RFC 4078 crid://<host>/<data> Allow references to scheduled publications of broadcast media content.
cvs Provides a link to a Concurrent Versions System (CVS) Repository
Provisional
IANA registration template
Concurrent Versions System
tag=tag to retrieve]
dab Identifier for a DAB broadcast
Provisional
ETSI TS 103 270 dab:<gcc>.<eid>.<sid>.<scids>[.<uatype>]
data Inclusion of small data items inline
Permanent
RFC 2397 data:<mediatype>[;base64],<data>
dav HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring (WebDAV)
Permanent
RFC 2518
RFC 4918
dav: Used for internal identifiers only; WebDAV itself addresses resources using the http: and https: schemes.
dict Dictionary service protocol
Permanent
RFC 2229 dict://<user>;<auth>@<host>:<port>/d:<word>:<database>:<n>

dict://<user>;<auth>@<host>:<port>/m:<word>:<database>:<strat>:<n>

refer to definitions or word lists available using the DICT protocol
dlna-playsingle
dlna-playcontainer
Provisional
IANA registration template IANA registration template
dns Domain Name System
Permanent
RFC 4501 dns:[//<host>[:<port>]/]<dnsname>[?<dnsquery>]

examples:
dns:example?TYPE=A;CLASS=IN
dns://192.168.1.1/ftp.example.org?type=A

designates a DNS resource record set, referenced by domain name, class, type, and, optionally, the authority
dntp Direct Network Transfer Protocol
Provisional
IANA registration template
drm Identifier for a DRM broadcast
Provisional
ETSI TS 103 270 drm:<sid>[.<appdomain>.<uatype>]
dtn DTNRG research and development
Provisional
RFC 5050
dvb
Provisional
IETF Draft
ed2k Resources available using the eDonkey2000 network
Provisional
IANA registration template
eDonkey2000
file|<filename>|<size of file>|<hash of file>|/ or
ed2k://|server|<host>|<port>|/
Links to servers are also possible, as are additional parameters. Official documentation from eDonkey2000 website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
example For examples
Permanent
RFC 7595 example:<anything>
facetime FaceTime is a video conferencing software developed by Apple for iPhone 4, the fourth generation iPod Touch, and computers running Mac OS X.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Apple Inc.
<MSISDN>|<mobile number>

example:
facetime://+19995551234

Apple has not published documentation on this protocol yet.
fax Used for telefacsimile numbers
Historical
RFC 2806
RFC 3966
fax:<phonenumber> Deprecated in RFC 3966 in favour of tel:. Listed as "Historical"
feed web feed subscription
Provisional
IANA registration template feed:<absolute_uri> or
feed://<hierarchical part>

examples:
feed://example.com/rss.xml
feed:https://example.com/rss.xml

See Feed URI scheme for a detailed overview of common implementations, supported software, and critics.
file Addressing files on local or network file systems
Permanent
RFC 1738
RFC 3986
file://[host]/path or

(RFC 3986) file:[//host]/path

Since this usually used for local files the host from RFC 1738 is often empty leading to a starting triple /. RFC 3986 allows an absolute path with no host part.
filesystem Abandoned part of File API
Historical
IANA registration template
finger Querying user information using the Finger protocol
Provisional
IANA registration template
IETF Draft
finger://host[:port][/<request>]
fish Accessing another computer's files using the SSH protocol
Provisional
IANA registration template
fish KDE kioslave
fish://[<username>[:<password>]@]<hostname>[:<port>] See Files transferred over shell protocol for details about the protocol.
fm Identifier for a FM broadcast
Provisional
ETSI TS 103 270 fm:<gcc>.<pi>.<frequency>
ftp FTP resources
Permanent
RFC 1738
IETF Draft
Old IETF Draft
generic syntax
geo A Uniform Resource Identifier for Geographic Locations
Permanent
RFC 5870 geo:<lat>,<lon>[,<alt>][;u=<uncertainty>]
(for WGS-84)
Other coordinate reference systems (including those for non-terrestrial globes, such as The Moon and Mars) will be supported, once registered.
gg Starting chat with Gadu-Gadu user
Provisional
IANA registration template
Gadu-Gadu
gg:<userid>
git Provides a link to a GIT repository
Provisional
IANA registration template
Git
Github example: git://github.com/user/project-name.git
gizmoproject Gizmo5 calling link.
Provisional
IANA registration template gizmoproject://call?id=<gizmo_id> May use sip:// instead of gizmoproject:// in recent versions of Gizmo5.
go Common Name Resolution Protocol
Permanent
RFC 3368 go://[<host>]?[<common-name>]*[;<attribute>=[<type>,]<value>] or
go:<common-name>*[;<attribute>=[<type>,]<value>]
gopher Used with Gopher protocol
Permanent
RFC 4266 gopher://<host>:<port>/<item type><path>
gtalk Start a chat with a Google Talk user
Provisional
IANA registration template
Google Talk
gtalk:chat?jid=example@gmail.com See Google Talk, XMPP, and http://juberti.blogspot.com/2006/11/gtalk-uri.html for more information
h323 Used with H.323 multimedia communications
Permanent
RFC 3508 h323:[<user>@]<host>[:<port>][;<parameters>]
hcp Displaying a help page on Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Microsoft
hcp://system/<File>.htm (Where <File> is the file to load) Works only on Windows XP. Later replaced by ms-help:.
http HTTP resources
Permanent
RFC 1738
RFC 2616
(makes
RFC 2068
obsolete)
RFC 7230
generic syntax
https HTTP connections secured using SSL/TLS
Permanent
RFC 2817
RFC 7230
generic syntax
iax Inter-Asterisk eXchange protocol version 2
Permanent
RFC 5456 iax:[<username>@]<host>[:<port>][/<number>[?<context>]]
examples
iax:[2001:db8::1]:4569/alice?friends
iax:johnQ@example.com/12022561414
icap Internet Content Adaptation Protocol
Permanent
RFC 3507
icon
Provisional
IETF Draft
im Instant messaging protocol
Permanent
RFC 3860 im:<username>@<host>, and also im:sip:<username>@<host> for MS Communicator launching Works as xmpp: URI for single user chat sessions.
imap Accessing e-mail resources through IMAP
Permanent
RFC 2192
RFC 5092
imap://[<user>[;AUTH=<type>]@]<host>[:<port>]/<command>
info Information Assets with Identifiers in Public Namespaces
Permanent
RFC 4452
iotdisco Identify things on Internet of Things
Provisional
IANA registration template
ipn
Provisional
RFC 6260
ipp Internet Printing Protocol
Permanent
RFC 3510
ipps Internet Printing Protocol over HTTPS
Permanent
RFC 7472
irc Connecting to an Internet Relay Chat server to join a channel.
Provisional
IANA registration template
IETF Draft
Old IETF Draft
irc://<host>[:<port>]/[<channel>[?<password>]] Assuming the client knows a server associated with the name, "host" may optionally be an IRC network name.
irc6 IPv6 equivalent of irc
Provisional
IANA registration template irc6://<host>[:<port>]/[<channel>[?<password>]] See irc
ircs Secure equivalent of irc
Provisional
IANA registration template
IETF Draft
ircs://<host>[:<port>]/[<channel>[?<password>]] See irc
iris
iris.beep
iris.xpc
iris.xpcs
iris.lws
Internet Registry Information Service
Permanent
RFC 3981 RFC 3983 RFC 4992 RFC 4992 RFC 4993
itms Used for connecting to the iTunes Music Store
Provisional
IANA registration template
Apple Inc
itms:
jabber
Permanent
IANA registration template
jar Compressed archive member
Provisional
IANA registration template
Java API
jar:<url>!/[<entry>] Works for any ZIP based file.
jms Java Message Service
Provisional
RFC 6167
keyparc Keyparc encrypt/decrypt resource.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Bloombase
keyparc://encrypt/<username>/<uri> or

keyparc://decrypt/<username>/<uri>

lastfm Connecting to a radio stream from Last.fm.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Last.fm
lastfm://<radio_stream> or lastfm://globaltags/<genre> or
lastfm://user/<username>/<stuff>
ldap LDAP directory request
Permanent
RFC 2255
RFC 4516
ldap://[<host>[:<port>]][/<dn> [?[<attributes>][?[<scope>][?[<filter>][?<extensions>]]]]]

example:
ldap://ldap1.example.net:6666/o=University%20of%20Michigan, c=US??sub?(cn=Babs%20Jensen)

ldaps Secure equivalent of ldap
Provisional
IANA registration template
Old version of IETF Draft
ldaps://[<host>[:<port>]][/<dn> [?[<attributes>][?[<scope>][?[<filter>][?<extensions>]]]]] Not an IETF standard, but commonly used in applications.
magnet "magnet links"
Provisional
IANA registration template
Magnet-URI Project
magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:<hash of file>&dn=<display name>
(other parameters are also possible)
Used by various peer-to-peer clients, usually providing the hash of a file to be located on the network.
mailserver Access to data available from mail servers
Historical
RFC 6196
mailto SMTP e-mail addresses and default content
Permanent
RFC 6068 mailto:<address>[?<header1>=<value1>[&<header2>=<value2>]]

example:
mailto:jsmith@example.com?subject=A%20Test&body=My%20idea%20is%3A%20%0A

Headers are optional, but often include subject=; body= can be used to pre-fill the body of the message.
maps "map links"
Provisional
IANA registration template maps:q=<physical location> Some mobile web browsers will launch a dedicated mapping application. See also "geo:" (RFC 5870)
market Opens Google Play
Provisional
IANA registration template
Android
  • market://details?id=Package_name or
  • market://search?q=Search_Query or
  • market://search?q=pub:Publisher_Name
Supported by Android devices
message Direct link to specific email message
Provisional
IANA registration template
Apple Inc
message:<MESSAGE-ID>

message://<MESSAGE-ID>

Supported by Mail since OS X 10.5
mid Referencing SMTP/MIME messages, or parts of messages.
Permanent
RFC 2111
RFC 2392
mid:<message-id>[/<content-id>] (See also cid:)
mms Windows streaming media
Provisional
IANA registration template
Microsoft
mms://<host>:<port>/<path> Used by Windows Media Player to stream audio and/or video.
modem
Historical
RFC 2806
RFC 3966
Deprecated in RFC 3966 in favour of tel:. Listed as "Historical"
ms-help Displaying a help page on Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center. Used by Windows Vista and later.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Microsoft
ms-help://<section>/<path>/<file>.htm (Where <section> is a library of help files – the name of the library begins with "MS.", <path> is the sub-libraries, and <file> is the name of the file) Works only on Windows Vista and later.
ms-settings

ms-settings-airplanemode
ms-settings-bluetooth
ms-settings-camera
ms-settings-cellular
ms-settings-cloudstorage
ms-settings-emailandaccounts
ms-settings-language
ms-settings-location
ms-settings-lock
ms-settings-nfctransactions
ms-settings-notifications
ms-settings-power
ms-settings-privacy
ms-settings-proximity
ms-settings-screenrotation
ms-settings-wifi
ms-settings-workplace

Settings application in Windows
Provisional
IANA registration templates
msnim Adding a contact, or starting a conversation in Windows Live Messenger
Provisional
IANA registration template
Windows Live Messenger
Add a contact to the buddy list

msnim:add?contact=nada@example.com
Start a conversation with a contact
msnim:chat?contact=nada@example.com
Start a voice conversation with a contact
msnim:voice?contact=nada@example.com
Start a video conversation with a contact
msnim:video?contact=nada@example.com

Can be invoked from a web page or via a run command or an Internet Explorer browser URL (won't work with Firefox 2.0.0.8). For web pages use this HTML: <a href="chat?contact=nada@example.com">Click to chat!</a>
msrp
msrps
Message Session Relay Protocol
Permanent
RFC 4975
mtqp Message Tracking Query Protocol
Permanent
RFC 3887
mumble Joining a server.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Mumble
mumble://[username[:password]@]<address>[:port]/[channelpath]?version=<serverversion>[&title=<servername>][&url=<serverurl>] Official documentation from Mumble website
mupdate Mailbox Update Protocol
Permanent
RFC 3656
mvn Access Apache Maven repository artifacts
Provisional
IANA registration template
OPS4J
mvn:org.ops4j.pax.web.bundles/service/0.2.0-SNAPSHOT
mvn:http://user:password@repository.ops4j.org/maven2!org.ops4j.pax.web.bundles/service/0.2.0
news (Usenet) newsgroups and postings
Permanent
RFC 1738
RFC 5538
news:<newsgroupname> or
news:<message-id>
References a particular resource, regardless of location.
nfs Network File System resources
Permanent
RFC 2224 generic syntax
ni
nih
Permanent
RFC 6920
nntp Usenet NNTP
Permanent
RFC 1738
RFC 5538
nntp://<host>:<port>/<newsgroup-name>/<article-number> Referencing a specific host is often less useful than referencing the resource generically, as NNTP servers are not always publicly accessible
notes Open a Lotus Notes document or database
Provisional
IANA registration template
Lotus Notes
notes://<address> Used by IBM Lotus Notes to refer to documents and databases stored within the Lotus Notes system. When clicked in a browser on a computer with Lotus Notes client installed, Notes will open the document link as if a Notes DocLink were clicked within Notes.
oid
Provisional
IANA registration template IETF Draft
opaquelocktoken
Permanent
RFC 2518
RFC 4918
pack
Historical
IANA registration template IETF Draft
palm Used to designate system services in HP webOS applications
Provisional
IANA registration template
HP webOS
palm:<servicename>[/<method>]]/ Official documentation from HP webOS Services Overview
paparazzi Used to launch and automatically take a screen shot using the application "Paparazzi!" (Mac only)
Provisional
IANA registration template
Derailer
paparazzi:[<options>]http:[//<host>[:[<port>][<transport>]]/ Official documentation from the Paparazzi! website
payto Designate target for payments
Provisional
RFC 8905 payto://<authority>/<receiver>[?<options>]

examples:
payto://iban/DE75512108001245126199?amount=EUR:200.0&message=hello
payto://bic/SOGEDEFFXXX
payto://void/?amount=EUR:10.5

pkcs11 PKCS #11
Permanent
RFC 7512
platform Access to Eclipse platform resources.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Eclipse platform scheme documentation
plugin|fragment|meta|config|base)/... Registered with java.net.URL when launching with the org.eclipse.core.filesystem bundle, and heavily leveraged by org.eclipse.emf.common.util.URI.
pop Accessing mailbox through POP3
Permanent
RFC 2384 pop://[<user>[;AUTH=<auth>]@]<host>[:<port>]
pres Used in Common Profile for Presence (CPP) to identify presence
Permanent
RFC 3859 pres:<address>[?<header1>=<value1>[&<header2>=<value2>]] Similar to "mailto:"
prospero Prospero Directory Service
Historical
RFC 1738
RFC 4157
Listed as "Historical" by IANA.
proxy Alter proxy settings in the FoxyProxy application
Provisional
IANA registration template
FoxyProxy
proxy:<option>=<value>[&<option>=<value>[&...]] Official documentation from FoxyProxy website
psyc Used to identify or locate a person, group, place or a service and specify its ability to communicate
Provisional
IANA registration template
PSYC
psyc:[//<host>[:[<port>][<transport>]]/[<object-name>][#<channel-name>] Official documentation from PSYC website
query Opens a filesystem query
Provisional
IANA registration template
Haiku
query:<queryformula> Implemented by the url_wrapper application
redis
rediss
Redis database
Provisional
IANA registration template
IANA registration template
reload REsource LOcation And Discovery Protocol
Permanent
RFC 6940 reload://<destination>@<overlay>/[<specifier>]
res Used by Internet Explorer to display error pages when the server doesn't have its own customized error pages, or when there is no response from the server (in case which the server wasn't found, like when the server is down or the domain isn't registered or when there is no Internet connection, or in case of a timeout).
Provisional
IANA registration template
Microsoft
res://ieframe.dll/<File> (Where <File> is the file to load) Works only in Internet Explorer.
resource Creating mapping for resource protocol aliases generted by the resource instruction. Used by Firefox.[1]
Provisional
IANA registration template
Mozilla
resource://<aliasname>/ (Where <aliasname> is the name of the aliase) Works only in Firefox.
rmi Look up a Java object in an RMI registry.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Sun
rmi://<host>[:<port>]/<object-name> URI scheme understood by JNDI. Can be used to look up a remote Java object within an RMI registry (typically for the purposes of RMI on that object). Host/port in the URI are of the rmiregistry process, not the remote object.
rsync rsync
Provisional
RFC 5781 rsync://<host>[:<port>]/<path>
rtmfp Real Time Media Flow Protocol
Provisional
IANA registration template
RFC 7425
rtmfp://<host>/<application>/<media>
rtmp Real Time Messaging Protocol
Provisional
IANA registration template
Adobe Systems
rtmp://<host>/<application>/<media> URI schema used to connect to Adobe Flash Media Server.
rtsp Real Time Streaming Protocol
Permanent
RFC 2326
s3 Amazon S3 bucket
Permanent
aws-cli documentation s3://mybucket/puppy.jpg
secondlife Open the Map floater in Second Life application to teleport the resident to the location.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Linden Lab
secondlife://<region name>/<x position>/<y position>/<z position> Used by SLurl.com. Knowledge base article.
service
Permanent
RFC 2609
session Media Resource Control Protocol
Permanent
RFC 4463
RFC 6787
session:<content-id>

example:
session:help@root-level.store

sftp SFTP file transfers (not be to confused with FTPS (FTP/SSL))
Provisional
IANA registration template
IETF Draft
sftp://[<user>[;fingerprint=<host-key fingerprint>]@]<host>[:<port>]/<path>/<file>
sgn Social Graph Node Mapper
Provisional
IANA registration template
Google
example:

sgn://social-network.example.com/?ident=bob

Official documentation from sgnodemapper project.
shttp Secure HTTP
Permanent
RFC 2660 Largely superseded by HTTPS.
sieve ManageSieve protocol
Permanent
RFC 5804
sip Used with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Permanent
RFC 2543
RFC 3969
RFC 3261
sip:<user>[:<password>]@<host>[:<port>][;<uri-parameters>][?<headers>]

examples:
sip:alice@atlanta.com?subject=project%20x&priority=urgent
sip:+1-212-555-1212:1234@gateway.com;user=phone

sips Secure equivalent of sip
Permanent
RFC 3969
RFC 3261
sips:<user>[:<password>]@<host>[:<port>][;<uri-parameters>][?<headers>]
skype Launching Skype call (see also callto:)
Provisional
IANA registration template
Skype
phonenumber>[?[add|call|chat|sendfile|userinfo]]
smb Accessing SMB/CIFS shares
Provisional
IANA registration template
IETF Draft
smb://[<user>@]<host>[:<port>][/[<path>]][?<param1>=<value1>[;<param2>=<value2>]] or
smb://[<user>@]<workgroup>[:<port>][/] or

smb://[[<domain>;]<username>[:<password>]@]<server>[:<port>][/[<share>[/[<path>]]][?[<param>=<value>[<param2>=<value2>[...]]]]][2]
example:
smb://workgroup;user:password@server/share/folder/file.txt

sms Interact with SMS capable devices for composing and sending messages.
Permanent
RFC 5724 sms:<phone number>?<action>

examples:
sms:+15105550101?body=hello%20there
sms:+15105550101,+15105550102?body=hello%20there

Should be used as a subset to the tel: schema.
snews NNTP over SSL/TLS
Historical
RFC 5538
snmp Simple Network Management Protocol
Permanent
RFC 4088 snmp://[user@]host[:port][/[<context>[;<contextEngineID>]][/<oid>]]

examples:
snmp://example.com//1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3+
snmp://tester5@example.com:8161/bridge1;800002b804616263

soap.beep
soap.beeps
Permanent
RFC 3288
RFC 4227
soldat Joining servers
Provisional
IANA registration template
Soldat
soldat://<host>:<port>/[password]

example:
soldat://127.0.0.1:23073/thatssecret!

Official note in Manual
spotify Load a track, album, artist, search, or playlist in Spotify
Provisional
IANA registration template
Spotify
album|track>:<id> or
spotify:search:<text> or
spotify:user:<username>:playlist:<id>

example:
spotify:track:2jCnn1QPQ3E8ExtLe6INsx

Informally specified in Spotify official blog post by CTO Andreas Ehn.
ssh SSH connections (like telnet:)
Provisional
IANA registration template
IETF Draft
ssh://[<user>[;fingerprint=<host-key fingerprint>]@]<host>[:<port>]
steam Interact with Steam: install apps, purchase games, run games, etc.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Steam, Valve
steam:<command line arguments> or
steam://<action>/<id, addon, IP, hostname, etc.>
Official documentation from Valve Developer Community website
stun
stuns
Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Permanent
RFC 7064 stun[s]:<host>[:<port>]
svn Provides a link to a Subversion (SVN) source control repository
Provisional
IANA registration template
Subversion
svn[+ssh]://<logindetails>@<repository><:port>/<modulepath>
tag Tag URI
Permanent
RFC 4151 tag:<email/domainname>,<date>:<Item> Represented entities do not necessarily have to be accessible electronically.
teamspeak Joining a server.
Provisional
IANA registration template
TeamSpeak
teamspeak://<server>[:<port>]/[?<parameter1>=<value1>[&<parameter2>=<value2>]] Official documentation from TeamSpeak Website
tel Used for telephone numbers
Permanent
RFC 5341
RFC 3966
RFC 2806
tel:<phonenumber>
telnet Used with telnet
Permanent
RFC 1738
RFC 4248
telnet://<user>:<password>@<host>[:<port>/]
tftp Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Permanent
RFC 3617
things Interact with Things: create new to-dos or go to a specific list
Provisional
IANA registration template
Cultured Code
things:command?parameter1=value1&parameter2... Works in iOS or OS X if Things by Cultured Code is installed. Complete documentation
thismessage multipart/related relative reference resolution
Permanent
IANA registration template RFC 2557
tn3270 Interactive 3270 emulation sessions
Permanent
RFC 6270
tip Transaction Internet Protocol
Permanent
RFC 2371
turn
turns
Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN)
Permanent
RFC 7065 turn[s]:<host>[:<port>][?transport=<transport>]
tv TV Broadcasts
Permanent
RFC 2838
udp BitTorrent tracker protocol based on UDP.
Provisional
IANA registration template
BitTorrent
udp://<server>[:<port>]/ Documentation: UDP tracker protocol
udp MPEG Transport Stream over UDP
Provisional
IANA registration template
MPEG-TS
multicastgroup>[:<port>] Supported by FFmpeg, VLC and other common video streaming applications and appliances. Each UDP packet typically contains 1 to 7 188 byte TS packets with no additional headers or footers.
unreal Joining servers
Provisional
IANA registration template
Unreal
unreal://<server>[:<port>]/ Unreal legacy "protocol"
urn Uniform Resource Names
Permanent
RFC 2141 urn:<namespace>:<specificpart> Commonly used with namespace 'uuid'. See URN Namespaces.
ut2004 Joining servers
Provisional
IANA registration template
Unreal Tournament 2004
ut2004://<server>[:<port>][/<map>?<options>] Documentation from Unreal Developer Network
vemmi Versatile Multimedia Interface
Permanent
RFC 2122
ventrilo Joining a server.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Ventrilo
ventrilo://<server>[:<port>]/[?<parameter1>=<value1>[&<parameter2>=<value2>]] Official documentation from Ventrilo Website
videotex
Historical
IANA registration template
IETF Draft
RFC 2122
RFC 3986
view-source Shows a web page as code 'in the raw'.
Provisional
IANA registration template

IETF Draft

view-source:<absolute-URI>

where <absolute-URI> is specified in RFC 3986. Example:
view-source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme

See view-source URI scheme for details.
vnc Virtual Network Computing
Permanent
RFC 7869 vnc://[<host>[:<port>]][?<params>]
wais Used with Wide area information server (WAIS)
Historical
RFC 1738
RFC 4156
wais://<host>:<port>/<database>[?<search>] or wais://<host>:<port>/<database>/<wtype>/<wpath> Listed as "Historical" by IANA.
webcal Subscribing to calendars in iCalendar format
Provisional
IANA registration template
iCalendar
webcal://<hierarchical part>

example:
webcal://example.com/calendar.ics

HTTP as a transport protocol is assumed.
See Webcal for details.
ws
wss
WebSocket protocol
Permanent
RFC 6455 ws:<hierarchical part>
wtai Wireless Telephony Application Interface
Provisional
IANA registration template
WAP Forum
wtai://wp/mc/+18165551212 See Application Protocol Wireless Application Environment Specification Version 1.1 for details.
wyciwyg What You Cache Is What You Get WYCIWYG
Provisional
IANA registration template
Mozilla
wyciwyg://<URI> See WYCIWYG for details.
xcon
xcon-userid
Permanent
RFC 6501
xfire Adding friends and servers, joining servers, changing status text.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Xfire
xfire:<function>[?<parameter1>=<value1>[&<parameter2>=<value2>]] Official documentation from Xfire website
xmlrpc.beep
xmlrpc.beeps
Permanent
RFC 3529
xmpp XMPP
Permanent
RFC 4622
RFC 5122
xmpp:[<user>]@<host>[:<port>]/[<resource>][?<query>]
xri eXtensible Resource Identifier (XRI)
Provisional
IANA registration template
OASIS XRI Technical Committee
xri://<authority>[/[<path>]][?<query>][#fragment] Official documentation from OASIS XRI Technical Committee
ymsgr Sending an instant message to a Yahoo! Contact.
Provisional
IANA registration template
Yahoo! Messenger
ymsgr:sendIM?<screenname>
z39.50 Z39.50 information access
Historical
RFC 1738
RFC 2056
z39.50r Z39.50 retrieval
Permanent
RFC 2056 z39.50r://<host>[:<port>]/<database>?<docid>[;esn=<elementset>][;rs=<recordsyntax>]
z39.50s Z39.50 session
Permanent
RFC 2056 z39.50s://<host>[:<port>]/[<database>][?<docid>][;esn=<elementset>][;rs=<recordsyntax>]

Unofficial but common URI schemes

Scheme Purpose Defined by General format Notes
admin URL scheme in the GNOME desktop environment to access file(s) with administrative permissions with GUI applications in a safer way, instead of the insecure-considered sudo, gksu & gksudo. GNOME Virtual file system admin://<path>/<to>/<file>

example: gedit admin://etc/default/grub

See more information on:
app URL scheme can be used by packaged applications to obtain resources that are inside a container. Google app://<application>/<path>

example: app://com.foo.bar/index.html

See more information on:
doi Digital object identifier, a digital identifier for any object of intellectual property. IETF Draft doi:10.<publisher number>/<suffix>
example: doi:10.1000/182
Used e.g. for most scientific publications.
Can be resolved via HTTP (transformed into a URL) by prepending https://doi.org/ or http://hdl.handle.net/ in front.
javascript Execute JavaScript code IETF Draft javascript:<javascript to execute>
jdbc Connect a database with Java Database Connectivity technology. Database vendor dependent jdbc:somejdbcvendor:other_data...

jdbc:oracle:oci:@host:port(sid or [/service])?params...

jdbc:sqlserver://serverName\instanceName:portNumber;params...

jdbc:mysql://host:port/database?params...

Requires a vendor provided connector (jar archive) to be included in the client library.
odbc Open Database Connectivity IETF Draft
stratum Connectivity URI for the Stratum protocol, used for proof-of-work coordination in pooled cryptocurrency mining. Stratum Protocol Draft stratum+tcp://server:port, stratum+udp://server:port This protocol has completely superseded the now-obsolete Getwork protocol,[3] and was created primarily to reduce network overhead as mining pool sizes inevitably scale upwards.[4]
web+... Effectively namespaces web-based protocols from other, potentially less web-secure, protocols. This convention is defined within the HTML Living Standard specification web+string of some lower-case alphabetic characters: This convention is not associated with the registration of any new scheme but is currently a requirement as well as convention for non-whitelisted web-based protocols.
zoommtg, zoomus Used by Zoom conferencing software to launch the Zoom client Zoom developer community example: zoommtg://zoom.us/join?confno=<confno>... See more information at Zoom developer community
slack Used by Slack to launch the Slack client Slack API reference example: slack://open?team={TEAM_ID}

References

  1. Taken from the following documentation page of Firefox's Developer: Chrome registration
  2. JCIFS API: Class jcifs.smb.SmbFile
  3. Stratum, Stratum Protocol
  4. Stratum mining protocol, ..the official documentation of lightweight bitcoin mining protocol.
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