【 𝗜𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗿 】

A fast application launcher for Windows, triggered by a global keyboard shortcut.
Minimal interface, plugin-based, fully configurable through JSON files.

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✨ Features

• App search — fuzzy search across all installed apps (Start Menu, LOCALAPPDATA, Windows registry, UWP/Store)
• File search — integrates voidtools Everything for instant file and folder search
• Built-in calculator — type 2 + 2, the result appears and copies to clipboard
• System commands — lock, sleep, restart, shutdown (with confirmation step)
• Result submenu — press → on any app or file to access Start as admin / Open folder / Copy file path
• Shell shortcuts — named command shortcuts with fuzzy search, per-entry shell override
• Customizable shortcuts — standard keys or Windows key via low-level hook
• Fully themeable — colors, borders, transparency, icon tints via JSON
• IPC pipe — can be triggered from external scripts (AutoHotkey, etc.)
• User data persistence — updates inject new keys without overwriting existing settings

🚀 Installation

• ✅ Setup / Portable
  Download the Setup.exe or Portable.zip from the Releases page.

• ✅ Winget

  winget install Ephraem.InputBar

• 🛠️ From Source

  Clone the repository, then install the dependencies:

  pip install PyQt6 rapidfuzz pywin32

  Run src/InputBar.pyw (as Administrator for global hotkeys).

♟️ How to use

Action	Shortcut
Open InputBar	Ctrl+Space (default)
Navigate results	↑ / ↓
Launch selection	Enter
Open submenu	→
Go back	← or select "Back"
Close InputBar	Escape

⚙️ Configuration

Everything is managed through JSON files — no settings GUI.

🧩 App

Just start typing — InputBar fuzzy-searches all your installed apps instantly.

chrome    →  Google Chrome
vsc       →  Visual Studio Code  (via alias)

Press → on any result to access Start as admin, Open folder, or Copy file path.

🧩 Everything (file search)

Requires voidtools Everything — started silently in the background if not running.

f report.pdf          →  search "report.pdf" everywhere
Z:\Projects           →  list all files in that folder
wallpapers .png       →  search .png files in your "wallpapers" favorite folder
.mp4                  →  list recently modified .mp4 files

Define folder shortcuts in Plugins/Everything/favorites.data:

wallpapers=C:\Users\Me\Pictures\Wallpapers
projects=D:\Dev\Projects

🧩 Calc

Type any math expression. The result appears at the top — press Enter to copy it.

(10 * 3) / 4  →  = 7.5
2 ^ 8         →  = 256

🧩 System

Type system or the command name directly. A confirmation is always required before execution.

lock      →  Lock the session
restart   →  Restart the PC
shutdown  →  Shut down

🧩 Shell

Type shell to list your saved shortcuts, or run commands directly from InputBar.

shell fastfetch       →  runs your "fastfetch" shortcut
git status            →  opens a terminal and runs git status
python C:\script.py   →  runs the script in a new window

Define shortcuts in Plugins/Shell/favorites.data:

btop=cmd btop
fastfetch=pwsh fastfetch

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Python 3.11+
• PyQt6
• rapidfuzz
• pywin32 (optional — .lnk shortcut resolution + exe icon extraction)

📄 License

GPL-3.0 license - see LICENSE for details.

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Documentation

📥Releases

InputBar v1.2.4

⚙️Configuration

All configuration files live in the Data/ folder — created automatically on first launch.

📝Create a plugin

Clone the repository

⌨️Hotkeys

A huge shout-out to my friend @vlad-samp.

📡External Trigger (IPC)

InputBar listens on a local pipe InputBarSingletonLock.

📦Plugins

5 items

🔩Settings

Keywords: settings · — type settings in InputBar to reload or open this file

🎨Themes

Themes control the full visual appearance of InputBar. They are stored as .json files in Data/Themes/.