Kianalol

May 21, 2024 ยท View on GitHub

Introducing Kianalol - the tool that frees you from typing the in the address bar forever.

Installation

Option 1: Download the latest release here
Option 2: Build it from scrach on your own by running cargo tauri build

Setup

  1. Open the Kianalol App
  2. Go to Preferences in the system tray
  3. Customize your shortcuts there. Note that the config file is saved at $HOME/.kianalol/config.json

Example URL with placeholders: https://www.google.com/search?q={}

Usage

  • Press Cmd+Shift+K to activate Kianalol
  • Type the leader key for your shortcut
    • If the shortcut contains a URL, you can hit Enter directly to visit
    • If the shortcut contains a URL with placeholders, you can hit Space (only for the first placeholder) or Tab to focus on the next placeholder. Hit Enter when the URL is ready.

Screenshots

ViewScreenshot
Search query empty1
Search query with leader key2
Search query with placeholder3
System Tray4
Preferences5

Demo video

[](https://github.com/zxh3/kiana/assets/17435932/508fe86d-51ed-40ed-aa6b-76bd18aa9739](https://github.com/zxh3/kianalol/assets/17435932/1775a894-4f70-4f47-b217-2a2e5b4d95a5 )

Build

cargo tauri build --target aarch64-apple-darwin
cargo tauri build --target x86_64-apple-darwin
cargo tauri build --target universal-apple-darwin

TODO

  • Support tagging shortcuts
  • Support loading or syncing shortcuts from gists
  • Better shortcut table view - support shortcut filter, searching, ...
  • Support variables

Credits