Zazu

Open source launcher, an alternative to Alfred

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Open source launcher, an alternative to Alfred

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@blainesch With Alfred, if I put in a phrase, like "permission denied,please try again" I get the option to search the web, it does not seem that Zazu has this capability or is this something I need to do with a plugin? Thanks!

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9yr ago

Zazu

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@fritzsbm you're right, out of the box it doesn't do it, but you can configure your "fallback" plugin to do it! https://github.com/tinytacoteam/...

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9yr ago

@blainesch Thanks Blaine, that worked! :) Side note, when I try to download the latest version for the Mac (dmg) I get an 404 error.

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9yr ago

Zazu

Maker

@fritzsbm yeah that was an issue with how we determined a build is ready. Basically the website was updated before the artifacts were published. This is the last build that will happen for. It's updated now though! [:

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9yr ago

@blainesch Got it, all set now!

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9yr ago

Daybridge

Thoughts on Lacona – [ProductHunt], which seems pretty similar and also allows for plugins/extensions?

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9yr ago

Zazu

Maker

@iamsebj looks like Lacona is mac specific, where as Zazu is cross platform. It does allow extensions, but they appear to need to follow a natural language flow, which is good for speech, but could be seen as extra keystrokes if you are trying to be productive with muscle memory commands.

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9yr ago

Daybridge

@blainesch Fair enough, good comparison!

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9yr ago

this is neat. how do I get my chrome bookmarks on windows? here's my json: "file": "~/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User%20Data/Default/Bookmarks"

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9yr ago

Zazu

Maker

@jeffrey_wyman in your "plugins" block, instead of having "tinytacoteam/zazu-chrome-bookmarks" you would have: { "name": "tinytacoteam/zazu-chrome-bookmarks", "variables": { "file": "~/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Bookmarks" } }

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9yr ago

@blainesch How is Zazu different to other launchers which are open source or created using electron such as Hain or Wox

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10yr ago

@ishu3101 Looks like both Hain and Wox are windows specific. zazu works on Windows, Mac and Linux. Plus, zazu seems to treat everything as a plugin. So even the core functionality can be replaced or tweaked as per your needs. Seems more flexible than the alternatives.

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10yr ago

A true Alfred alternative that works on Windows? Man, I'm excited. I've been disappointed by the lack of quality launcher on Windows. Sure, there's Launchy and Wox. But come on, they're a million miles behind Alfred. I practically gave up on finding a true Windows alternative to Alfred, but now there's this. Thanks @blainesch for giving me hope.

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9yr ago

why dictionary plugin is not working? and a chrome history plugin will also be very great, P.S. Awesome Work

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9yr ago

I get a config not loading error after launch of the menu item. Also, the menu item icon is too big. It should be better sized and vertically centered.

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9yr ago

Zazu

Maker

@j_mueller agree about the icon, hopefully I can spend more time making it pretty in the upcoming weeks! Can you report the error on github with the `~/.zazu/log` file?

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9yr ago

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