A lightweight command-line shortcut manager. Save long commands under short names and run them instantly — from the terminal or the built-in full-screen TUI.

"Ya" comes from the Spanish word meaning "right now."

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Download

Platform
🪟 Windows
🍎 macOS
🐧 Linux

Or install with Homebrew: brew tap d3uceY/homebrew-ya && brew install ya

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TUI

Run ya with no arguments to open the interactive TUI.

Browse, search, run, and manage shortcuts without typing subcommands.

Key	Action
↑ ↓ / j k	Navigate
Enter	Run selected shortcut
/	Search
a e r d	Add / Edit / Rename / Delete
p	Pin / unpin
h	Run history
D	Saved directories
?	Help
q	Quit

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CLI Quick Reference

ya                          # open TUI
ya <shortcut>               # run a shortcut
ya add <name> '<command>'   # add a shortcut
ya remove <name>            # delete a shortcut
ya rename <old> <new>       # rename a shortcut
ya list                     # list all shortcuts
ya search <term>            # search by name or command
ya show <name>              # show a shortcut's command
ya import <file>            # import from JSON
ya export <dir>             # export to JSON
ya version                  # show version

Template values

Add {placeholder} tokens to any command — Ya prompts you to fill them in at runtime:

ya add commit 'git commit -m {message}'
ya commit
# → [1/1] message: fix login bug

Extra arguments

Pass additional args when running a shortcut — they're appended to the command:

ya gcm -m "Initial commit"   # runs: git commit -m 'Initial commit'

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Shell Tab-Completion

One-time setup to tab-complete shortcut names:

# PowerShell
ya completion powershell >> $PROFILE ; . $PROFILE

# Bash
echo 'source <(ya completion bash)' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

# Zsh
echo 'source <(ya completion zsh)' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

# Fish
ya completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/ya.fish

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Data

Shortcuts, history, and config are stored in your user config directory and shared with Ya-GUI:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\ya\data\
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/ya/data/
• Linux: ~/.config/ya/data/

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GUI Companion

Ya-GUI is a desktop app that reads and writes the same files. Anything you create in the CLI or TUI is immediately available in the GUI, and vice versa.

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for build instructions, project structure, and how to submit changes.