A keyboard launcher in the Spotlight / Alfred / Raycast / Ulauncher class. Native Rust, single-file JS plugins, no npm at runtime.
Pre-release.
cargo install --path .
Packaged builds (.app, .dmg, .deb, .pacman, .rpm, tarball) via
just bundle / just bundle-linux. See
docs/distribution.md.
macOS post-install:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/HighBeam.app
(self-signed; the command strips the download quarantine.)
- macOS:
Shift+Spaceto open. Configurable in Settings → Global. - Linux: bind
highbeam --opento a hotkey in your WM/DE. See docs/platform.md for GNOME / KDE / sway / Hyprland snippets.
Type to query, ↑/↓ to highlight, Enter to invoke, Esc to dismiss. The
Core built-in handles settings, install <manifest-url>, reload,
update, shutdown, sleep, lock, etc.
Single-directory manifest.json + plugin.js. Reference plugins
under plugins/; bundled ones get seeded on first launch. Authoring
guide: docs/plugin-authoring.md. API
reference: docs/sdk-reference.md. Dynamic,
stateful screens: docs/views.md.
Drop a <name>.toml in the themes/ folder in the config dir and pick
it in Settings → Global → Theme; default is the bundled
yosemite-spotlight. Token reference: docs/theming.md.
docs/internals.md — stack rationale, threading
model, cancellation contract, Slint gotchas. src/lib.rs is the
module map.
GPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE. Uses Slint under its GPLv3 option.