Flow Launcher – Terminal Shortcuts Plugin

A Flow Launcher plugin that opens a terminal in a configured directory and optionally runs a command when an abbreviation is typed.

Turkish documentation: README_TR.md

Installation

.\build.ps1

The script builds the project, stops Flow Launcher, copies the plugin to the plugins folder, and restarts Flow Launcher.

Usage

Type t in Flow Launcher (default keyword):

Input	Result
t	Lists all shortcuts
t prj	Filters shortcuts matching "prj" in name or abbreviation
t reload	Reloads shortcuts.json without restarting

Pressing Enter on a result opens the terminal in the configured directory and runs the command if one is set.

Configuration

After deploying, the config file is located at:

%APPDATA%\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.TerminalShortcuts\shortcuts.json

shortcuts.json format

[
  {
    "Name": "Project API",
    "Abbreviation": "api",
    "Directory": "C:\\Projects\\MyApi",
    "Command": "dotnet run",
    "Terminal": "wt"
  }
]

Field reference

Field	Description	Required
Name	Display title and search text in Flow Launcher	Yes
Abbreviation	Short search keyword (e.g. api, prj)	No
Directory	Directory where the terminal will open	Yes
Command	Command to run automatically in that directory	No
Terminal	Terminal application to use	No (default: wt)

Terminal options

Value	Application
wt	Windows Terminal (default)
powershell	Windows PowerShell
cmd	Command Prompt

If Command is empty, the terminal opens in the specified directory without running any command.

Example shortcuts.json

[
  {
    "Name": "Example – Project",
    "Abbreviation": "prj",
    "Directory": "C:\\Projects\\MyProject",
    "Command": "npm start",
    "Terminal": "wt"
  },
  {
    "Name": "Example – Home (terminal only)",
    "Abbreviation": "home",
    "Directory": "C:\\Users\\sedat.bilece",
    "Command": "",
    "Terminal": "powershell"
  }
]

"Example – Project": Shown when typing t prj. Opens Windows Terminal in C:\Projects\MyProject and runs npm start.

"Example – Home": Shown when typing t home. Opens PowerShell in C:\Users\sedat.bilece without running any command.

After editing the config

Type t reload in Flow Launcher and press Enter. No need to restart the plugin or Flow Launcher.