Introduction

CurvaLauncher is a simple desktop launcher for Windows.

• Run applications or programs
• Calculate math expressions
• Get a summary of data
• Translate texts
• Search everyting on your PC
• Detect or generate QR code
• ...

Installation

1. Download the Latest release.
2. Unzip it, and you will can find CurvaLauncher.exe in the directory.
3. Run CurvaLauncher.exe and enjoy it!

Notice: Ensure that the .NET Desktop Runtime 8.0.0 (x64) is installed on your computer.

Usage

• Use Alt + Space to open the launcher
• Input something to get the result
• Use Up and Down to select the item
• Press Enter to invoke the selected item

Tips: Some invoking result are copied to the clipboard.

Plugins

Most of CurvaLauncher's features are available in the form of plugins

Build-in Plugins

• RunApplication: Input the name of the application to run. (Applications in the start menu and desktop are supported)
• RunProgram: Input a command to run. (You can configure the include and exclude directories in the settings)
• Calculator: Input a math expression with prefix '=' to calculate. (Common math functions are supported, PI and E are also supported)
• OpenUrl: Input a url to open. (Use your default browser)
• Translator: Input >trans and a text to translate. (A space character is required between >trans and the text, you can also configure the source and target language or switch translation engine in the settings)
• Hashing: Input # and a hashing method, then type a text or file path to get summary (For example, '#md5 123' or '#sha256 C:\Users\OrgEleCho\Desktop\test.txt'. Now support md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512)
• Everything: Input * and keyword to search everything on your PC. (For example, *qwq* will search all folders and files which name contains 'qwq')
• ZXing: Detect 2D Barcode and QR code or generate QR code. (Input '>zxing' for detecting image in your clipboard, input '>qrcode' for generating QR code and save it to your clipboard)

Create your own

1. Clone the repository code.
2. Create a new project with the target framework net8.0-windows.
3. Add 'CurvaLauncher.Plugin' to the project reference.
4. Create a plugin class that implements the ISyncPlugin or IAsyncPlugin interface.
5. Implement the interface members, and write the main logic.

Tip: Synchronous and asynchronous plug-ins indicate whether your plug-in performs queries synchronously or asynchronously. You can choose one of them based on your plug-in logic. Query results are also divided into synchronous and asynchronous, just inherit the corresponding QueryResult.

For example, a translator plug-in returns immediately after triggering a keyword. It does not require any asynchronous operation, so the plug-in is synchronous. However, when the user presses Enter to perform a translation operation, this process requires a network request. In other words, this plug-in The result is asynchronous, so you should use ISyncPlugin and AsyncQueryResult to implement this plugin.

Thanks

• Securify.ShellLink: A .NET Class Library for processing ShellLink (LNK) files
• ZXing.NET: .Net port of the original java-based barcode reader and generator library zxing