A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows

Check out the Change Log to know what’s new

Read the First steps chapter

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What is Keypirinha¶

Keypirinha is a fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows.

Features:

Quickly find and launch plethora of items like applications, files, bookmarks, URLs, sessions (PuTTY, WinSCP, FileZilla), registry keys, …

Launch a search on any configured website or online dictionary

Language translations on-the-fly

Evaluate mathematical expressions

Base conversion of numbers

Search your environment variables

Launch a copied URL directly ( http , mailto , skype , …)

Split a URL and convert its arguments to JSON

Switch to a running application by name

Hash a string (CRC32, MD5, SHA, …)

Generate random UUIDs, passwords, bytes sequences

Naturally associate a keyword to a specific item

Machine-specific and/or user-specific configuration in separate config files

… and more, see Shipped Packages and Third-Party Packages

Properties:

Plugin-oriented architecture (C++ at its core, Python3 for its plugins)

File-driven configuration

Lightning fast

Fairly small memory footprint

Battery friendly

Customizable GUI (colors, fonts, toggling and positioning of elements)

Steep but rewarding learning curve

Freeware, no nag screen, no time limit, no ads

You can think of Keypirinha as an alternative to Launchy and a cousin of Alfred.

See the First steps chapter for more information.