Tired of typing the same sentences over and over?
Discover the incredible power of a full-blown text expander.
Espanso detects when you type a keyword
and replaces it while you're typing.
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. Converted 50% of my TextExpander snippets so far. Still many to go. Will it become my goto? I don't know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Trial commences!
I have been using @terzi_federico's espanso for replacing text with emojis (e.g., :cowboy hat face: => 🤠), and it's fantastic. As a text expander, it can do a lot more than just that. Check it out!
No more copy and pasting, create templates once and let Espanso do the rest for you.
Customer support replies, sales pitches, medical reports, you name it. Espanso got you covered.
Don’t remember a shortcut? No worries.
Just press ALT Space and Espanso’s search bar will open, letting you search for the perfect snippet.
Don’t wrap your head around dates. Espanso makes it easy to use them, both past and future ones.
Bring emojis 🤠 in all your favorite apps, one shortcut away.
Extend Espanso’s capabilities with packages, or create your owns and share them with the community on the Espanso Hub.
Need to insert mathematical notation? Or perhaps german accents? We got a package for them.
We even got the shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
For advanced use-cases, you can extend Espanso’s snippets with shell commands or custom scripts.
No more copy-pasting from the terminal, inject the output into applications directly.
Use forms to handle complex workflows, creating templates that can be reused with ease.
You can even forward form values into custom scripts, opening up endless possibilities.
Espanso works with most applications, so you can boost your productivity everywhere.
Espanso follows a Unix-like configuration philosophy, using simple files. Though a GUI is planned in the future.
Espanso is open-source, licensed under the GPL-3 license.
Espanso supports Windows, Linux and macOS.
Hi! I'm Federico, the creator of espanso. I develop espanso in my (little) spare time and I decided to make it open source because I thought it could be useful to many people.
If you liked the project, please consider making a small donation, it really helps :)
Together, we will make espanso the first universal text expander, open to everyone.
Espanso is open source and hosted on GitHub.
If you find a bug or have an idea for a new feature, please open an issue on GitHub.