【 𝗜𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗿 】

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

✨ 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

🛠️ Tech Stack

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

🔧 Versioning

_version.py is auto-generated by CMake at build time from _version.py.in and is gitignored.
In dev mode (running from source) it is absent — Updater.py catches the ImportError and skips the update check.
Never edit _version.py manually; bump the version in build/project.json instead.