Run mode

Default hotkey: Alt + Space

Program search

• You can search for installed programs
• Use the arrow keys to scroll up and down
• Presss Enter to launch the selected program

Files and folder search

• You can search files and folders in your home folder
• Press Enter to open the selected file/folder

Open URLs with your default web browser

• Type in a URL
• Press enter to open the URL with your default web browser

Web search engines

• You can customize web search engines like this:

"webSearches": [
    {
        "icon": "<svg>...</svg>",
        "name": "Google",
        "prefix": "g",
        "url": "https://google.com/search?q="
    }
]

Now you can type in g?{your search term} to launch the web search engine in your default browser.

Default web search engines:

Prefix	Web Search Engine
d	DuckDuckGo
g	Google
gi	Google Images
w	Wikipedia
yt	YouTube

Execute commandline tool

Default shell is powershell.

• Start a commandline tool with the > prefix
  • Example: >ipconfig /all

• Stop an executing commandline tool with Ctrl+c

Executables + Powershell commands + commands parameters are searchable and could be autocompleted by hitting Tab

Note: you can not interact with the commandline tool. You only see the output.

Browse file system

• You can browse your file system by typing in a filepath
  • Example: C:\Users or /Applications
• Press Enter to open the file or folder
• Press Tab for autocompletion

Calculator

• Calculate simple math, matrix, symbolic function, convert unit and a lot more.
  • Example:
    • 23 * 24 / 2 + (6 * 7) ^ 2
    • 1 km/h to mile/h
    • a = [1, 2, 3]; a * 2

Custom commands

• You can customize custom commands to
  • Start command line tools
  • Open files/folders
  • Launch programs

"customCommands": [
    {
        "name": "ping",
        "executionArgument": "start ping 8.8.8.8 -t",
        "icon": "<svg>...</svg>"
    },
    {
        "name": "Data",
        "executionArgument": "start \"\" \"C:\\Data\""
    },
    {
        "name": "code",
        "executionArgument": "start \"\" \"C:\\My-Programs\\Visual Studio Code\\Visual Studio Code.lnk\""
    },
]

Environment variables

• Start search variable with the $ prefix