
[[https://github.com/samsonwang/LaunchyQt][file:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samsonwang/LaunchyQt/master/misc/Launchy_Icon/launchy_icon.png]]

* LaunchyQt
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I have been using Launchy for years, and found that this project has not been updated since 2010. I love this tool and want to maintain this project.

*I need feedback, and you can help by reporting bugs and giving suggestions.*

If you want any new feature, feel free to raise an [[https://github.com/samsonwang/LaunchyQt/issues][issue]] for it, feature request is welcome.


** Improvemenets
Compared to the old one, LaunchyQt offers more as follows:
- High DPI support for 2K and 4K display.
- Locale language indexing support, such as simplified Chinese pinyin.
- Built-in python support, develop plugins in python painlessly.
- Python package management with pip, more easy to install 3rd-party packages.


** Latest release
Checkout detailed info and download latest binary at [[https://github.com/samsonwang/LaunchyQt/releases][github release page]] .


** Credits
- [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/launchy][Launchy]]                                - GPLv2
- [[https://github.com/Skycoder42/QHotkey][QHotkey]]                                - BSD-3
- [[https://github.com/itay-grudev/SingleApplication][singleapplication]]                      - MIT
- [[https://github.com/pybind/pybind11][pybind11]]                               - [[https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/blob/master/LICENSE][LICENSE]]
- [[https://github.com/kshahar/pylaunchy][pylaunchy]]                              - GPLv2
- WebSearchPy (from [[https://github.com/j5shi/Thruster][Thruster]])            - GPLv2
- [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/tasky-launchy/][tasky]]                                  - N/A
