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https://github.com/dkgv/pinpoint

Keystroke launcher and personal command central. Alternative to Spotlight and Alfred for Windows. Alternative to Wox, PowerToys.
https://github.com/dkgv/pinpoint

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Keystroke launcher and personal command central. Alternative to Spotlight and Alfred for Windows. Alternative to Wox, PowerToys.

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Pinpoint

Pinpoint is an extensible keystroke launcher and productivity tool written in C#.

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## Table of Contents

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Features](#features)
- [Keyboard Shortcuts](#keyboard-shortcuts)
- [Contributing](#contributing)

## Installation

### Manually
- Download the latest release [here](https://github.com/dkgv/pinpoint/releases) (pick the standalone version if you do not have .NET 7 installed)
- Extract the `Pinpoint-X.X.X.zip` file
- Launch `Pinpoint.exe`

### Chocolatey

```bash
choco install pinpoint -y
```

## Features

### App search

Searches for installed apps.

### Bangs

Allows you to use the 10.000+ [DuckDuckGo !Bang](https://duckduckgo.com/bang) operators to search directly on websites.

### Bookmarks

Indexes bookmarks across browsers (Brave, Chrome, Firefox).

### Calculator

Calculates simple mathematical expressions.

### Clipboard manager

Manages your clipboard contents automatically.

### Clipboard uploader

Uploads your clipboard to a pastebin and providing a shareable link.

### Color converter

Converts hex colors to RGB and vice versa.

### Command line

Launches CLI commands directly from Pinpoint.

### Control panel

Enables you to search for control panel items.

### Currency converter

Converts between currencies and crypto currencies.

### Dictionary

Defines words.

### Emoji searcher

Enables you to search and insert emojis whenever and wherever you need them.

### Encoder/decoder

Encodes/decodes hex, binary, and base64.

### Everything

Rapidly searches your file system for specific files using [Everything](https://www.voidtools.com/).

### Finances

Looks up stock and ticker prices via Yahoo Finance.

### Hacker News

Fetches recent popular submissions from Hacker News.

### Metric converter

Converts between metric and imperial units.

### Notes

Allows you to create and save notes/snippets.

### OpenAI

Query ChatGPT directly from your desktop. Requires OpenAI API key.

### Operating system

Allows you to shut down, restart/reboot, and sleep your computer from Pinpoint.

### Password generator

Generates variable length passwords when you need them.

### Process manager

Kills specified processes.

### Shortcuts

Lets you create shortcuts to anything, website, files etc.

### Spotify controller

Controls any Spotify session associated with your account on any device from Pinpoint.

### Text manipulator

Performs various transformative text actions.

### Time zone converter

Converts time to/from various time zones.

### Translator

Translates text between specified languages.

### URL launcher

Launches URLs in your default browser.

### Weather forecast

Fetches weather forecasts (daily and weekly) for provided locations.

### Window switcher

Search and switch between open windows.

## Keyboard Shortcuts

| Key Combination | Action |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| ALT+SPACE | Open/close query box |
| ESC | Close query box if empty |
| Enter | Execute selected query result |
| ALT+ENTER | Open primary option of selected query result |
| , | Select item above or below |
| CTRL+, | Open settings panel |
| CTRL+L | Focus query box and its contents |
| CTRL+[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9] | Quick open result `n` |
| ALT+[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9] | Quick open options of result `n` |
| ALT/ESC | View result options / go back |
| TAB | Auto-complete query according to results |
| CTRL+ALT+V | Paste an entry from your clipboard history |

## Contributing

Feel free to add or improve features, for inspiration [browse current open issues](https://github.com/dkgv/pinpoint/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc). Please create one branch + PR per major change you make🙏