Quickly find and launch files from the desktop

Source at github.com/kratss/hawk

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Features

  • Find files fast with fzf
  • Search easily with fuzzy matching
  • Preview files including thumbnails
  • Lightweight

Integration and Configuration

  • Launches files with xdg-open rifle or your own script
  • Integrates easily into Sway or your favorite wm
  • Supports XDG base directory specification
  • Configures with a simple ini file

Installation

  • Place hawk.fish and hawk-preview.fish in your ~/.local/bin/
  • Place hawk.ini in ~/.config/hawk/ or XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hawk/

Sway Integration

  • Insert the following line to your sway config:
    bindsym $mod+Shift+d $hawk
  • Add include hawk-sway to your sway config and place hawk-sway in ~/.config/sway/

Dependencies

  • Required: fish fzf
  • Optional: chafa ffmpeg odt2txt pdftotext