Elephant – general purpose datasource and executor

Elephant acts as a unified backend service that aggregates data from various sources (desktop applications, files, clipboard history, etc.) and provides a consistent interface for frontend applications like custom launchers, productivity tools, or desktop widgets.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Current Providers:
  • Desktop Applications:
    • Auto-detection of uwsm or app2unit
    • Application launch history
    • Desktop entry parsing
  • Files:
    • File preview (text/image)
    • File operations: open, copy path, copy content
    • Directory navigation
  • Clipboard:
    • Text and image clipboard history
    • Clipboard content management
  • Runner:
    • Command execution from explicit lists
    • $PATH scanning for executables
  • Symbols/Emojis:
    • Multi-locale emoji and symbol support
    • Unicode character database
  • Calculator/Unit Conversion:
    • Mathematical calculations with history
    • Unit conversion using qalc
  • Custom Menus:
    • User-defined menu creation
    • Custom action definitions
  • Provider List:
    • Dynamic listing of all loaded providers and menus
  • Websearch
    • … define custom search engines

Website: github.com/abenz1267/elephant
Support:
Developer: Andrej Benz
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Elephant is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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