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Dev tools · October 13, 2020

Espanso

Fast Cross-platform Open Source Text Expander in Rust🚀

Espanso launched on October 13, 2020 with 11 votes, #1,085 of 4,018 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

Key Features Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux Type fast in almost any program with Emojis 😄 and Images Date expansion, Custom scripts, Shell commands support App-specific & File-based configurations Expandable with packages & Built-in package manager

Tired of typing the same sentences over and over? Discover the incredible power of a full-blown text expander. I'd like to give a shout out to @terzi_federico for creating Espanso: https://espanso.org, an Open Source text expander. Gotta love tools like these. I've just installed it and already know that it'll save me hours and hours! :) One of my favourite free productivity tools is espanso https://espanso.org It's a text expander. I mostly use it to write out quick text snippets such as: My current IP, Today's date, Generic XSS payloads, Code snippets, Email templates It's so good! Discovered https://espanso.org today. Fantastic tool for snippet expansion: Cross Platform and Open Source.…from espanso.org

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