Einstein 😼

A completely reinvented cross-platform enthusiast-oriented Spotlight 🔍-like world-class productivity tool to optimize high-quality desktop experience and automation with excessively flexible community-driven plugin ecosystem.

Getting started

See build instructions below.

Build

Requirements

• Node.js >= 20.18.0
• npm >= 9.0.0

One can install node and npm via nvm.

nvm install 20.18.0

Build and Run Einstein

# build the distributable electron application
npm install
npm run build

# wake up Einstein!
dist/electron/electron

# or use system provided electron binary
# electron dist/electron/resources/app/
# See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Electron_package_guidelines

npm scripts

• build: Build the distributable electron application under dist/electron
• lint: Run ESLint
• format: Run Prettier and ESLint to enforce coding style
• run: Bundle sources and run with electron
• watch: Watch and bundle sources
• clean: Clean up everything including node_modules

Plugins

Desktop Application Launcher

• support: Linux, macOS

Launch desktop applications in a snap!

Pass password manager

• support: Linux, macOS

Plugin for pass the standard UNIX password manager.

Synopsis:

pass <filter>
pass show <filter>

Example plugin

• this is not enabled

License

See LICENSE file

See also

• albert (not an open-source software)
• Alfred (proprietary macOS only app)
• Electron (MIT License)
• Fuse.js (Apache License)
• Vue.js (MIT License)