🚀 Plugin - App

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Searches and launches installed applications — Win32, UWP (Microsoft Store), and shortcuts.

Keywords: app · * (global — active on every search) - Edit in Plugins.json

🔎 Indexing

At startup, the App plugin builds a search index from three sources:

Source	What's included
.lnk shortcuts	Start Menu (system + user), Desktop
UWP / Store apps	Via Get-StartApps (PowerShell)
Registry	HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

Typing anything searches across all indexed apps using a 4-pass fuzzy strategy:

1. Acronym match — vsc matches Visual Studio Code
2. Substring match — chrome matches Google Chrome
3. Fuzzy WRatio — handles typos and partial words
4. Partial ratio — fallback for short queries

Results are sorted by match quality. Frequently launched apps are boosted via usage history.

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📜 Aliases — aliases.data

Define custom shorthand names for apps. Useful for apps with long or inconsistent names.

# aliases.data

# Format: alias=app_name
pp=adobe premiere pro
ps=photoshop
vsc=visual studio code
cmd=command prompt
pwsh=powershell

• The alias maps to the app's display name (as it appears in the index).
• Aliases are case-insensitive.
• Multiple aliases can point to the same app.