Esky

Keyboard launcher for Windows. Nuxt 4 + Nuxt UI v4 + Tailwind v4, packaged with Tauri 2.

Press Alt Space anywhere to search apps, files, commands and open windows, and to calculate, convert currencies and units, and work out times across time zones.

Try the demo in your browser (press Alt Space to reopen the launcher if you hide it).

Clipboard History. Text, links, colours, images and files, pinned or pasted back into the app you came from.	AI Chat and Quick AI. Through your Claude Code login or an Anthropic API key, plus your own AI commands for selected text.
Google Translate. Between two languages you pick, in either direction.	Developer Tools. JSON, Base64, URL encoding, hashes, timestamps, JWTs and UUIDs.

Also: snippets with typed-keyword expansion, quicklinks, window layouts and switching, file search, colour picker, media controls, password generator, dictionary, and extensions for Laravel Forge, Herd, GitHub, Jira, Sentry, Docker and Google Calendar.

Requirements

• Node 22+
• For the desktop app: Rust (stable, MSVC toolchain), the Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools with the "Desktop development with C++" workload, and the WebView2 runtime. Install Rust from https://rustup.rs.

Run

npm install
npm run dev          # browser build at http://localhost:1420
npm run tauri:dev    # desktop app (needs Rust)
npm run tauri:build  # NSIS + MSI installers in src-tauri/target/release/bundle

In the browser build there is no tray: press Alt Space (or click the "Esky is hidden" button) to reopen the launcher.

Release

1. Bump version in package.json (Tauri reads it from there) and in src-tauri/Cargo.toml.
2. Move the notes under Unreleased in CHANGELOG.md to a new ## <version> - <date> section.
3. Commit, then tag and push: git tag v<version> && git push origin v<version>.

.github/workflows/release.yml builds the NSIS and MSI installers on Windows and opens a draft GitHub release with that version's changelog notes. Publish the draft when it looks right.

Jump to a state (dev only)

http://localhost:1420/?scene=<key> opens the launcher in a given state, e.g. ?scene=clip, ?scene=hkConflict, ?scene=onboard. Keys are listed in app/composables/useScene.ts.

Layout

Path	What
app/pages/index.vue	Launcher window: global key map, blur-to-hide, global shortcuts
app/pages/settings.vue	Settings window (900 × 620)
app/pages/float.vue	Always-on-top floating note window
app/composables/useLauncher.ts	Launcher state, models, actions and the full key map
app/composables/usePlatform.ts	Tauri bridge (windows, shortcuts, clipboard, opener, autostart); no-ops in the browser
app/composables/usePersist.ts	Persistence: Tauri store (esky.json) or localStorage
app/data/fixtures.ts	Sample data. Replace with real providers
app/utils/herd.ts, app/composables/useHerd.ts	Laravel Herd sites from ~\.config\herd (Tauri fs in the app, server/api/herd/sites.get.ts in the browser dev build)
app/extensions/registry.ts	Every extension: commands, preference fields, defaults. Settings and the Store read from here
app/composables/useExtensions.ts, useSecrets.ts	Installed / turned-on extensions, saved preferences, tokens (Windows Credential Manager in the app)
app/utils/claude.ts, app/composables/useClaude.ts	AI Chat and Quick AI through your Claude Code CLI (lean flags, stream parsing, plan usage). Desktop: Rust claude_run; browser preview: server/api/claude/*
app/utils/dictionary.ts	English dictionary via Wiktionary: senses, examples, pronunciation and word forms
app/utils/git.ts, app/composables/useGitRepos.ts	Git → Uncommitted Changes: parses git status for repos in the configured folders. Desktop: Rust git_status; browser preview: server/api/git/status.get.ts
app/utils/password.ts, app/composables/usePassword.ts	Password Generator (Bitwarden's options and rules); passphrases use app/data/eff-wordlist.ts
app/components/launcher/	Views, rows, dialogs, footer, onboarding
src-tauri/	Tauri shell: tray, Mica/Acrylic, single instance, plugins, capabilities

Design tokens live in app/assets/css/main.css (both themes). Nuxt UI is themed in app/app.config.ts.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.