conduit
Launch apps from a fragment of their name
Start-menu and Store apps alike, fuzzy-searched with their real icons. Romaji input matches Japanese names — "memo" finds メモ帳. Launch counts are learned, so your most-used apps rank first.
conduit
Keyboard launcher for Windows
Stop searching. Start opening.
conduit is a keyboard launcher for Windows. Double-tap Ctrl to summon it, then launch apps, find files, switch windows, and restore clipboard history — a few characters and Enter.
Romaji memo also matches the kana name メモ帳 (Notepad). Apps, files, and clipboard history share one list.
Features
One entrance is all you need.
Apps, files, open windows — everything is searched and run from the same input field.
Find files across every drive
Type "f invoice" and search. Instant across all drives with Everything installed; a local index covers you without it.
Paste again from your copy history
"cb" lists your history. Search it, paste it back, delete what you no longer need.
Switch to any open window
"w" lists and searches open windows — hit Enter to switch.
Do more with the selected result
A Shift tap copies paths or reveals folders. Ctrl+D pins favorites.
Drop a zip, gain a feature
Drop a zip holding a manifest.json and new web apps and search commands appear.
Free a blocked port, process and all
"ps 3000" finds the process listening on that port; Enter terminates it. No more minutes lost to a dev server that will not let go. Name search works too, and the system processes Windows cannot survive losing are excluded from the start.
How it works
Summon, type, open.
Every feature is these three steps. That is all there is to learn.
Ctrl ×2
Summon
From any screen, double-tap Ctrl or press Alt+Space. It opens onto your most-used apps, open windows, and copy history.
a few keys
Type
Part of a name works; romaji works. Results narrow with every keystroke.
Enter
Open
Enter runs it. A Shift tap opens secondary actions like copy or reveal in folder.
Fast & light
Lightness can't be bolted on.
This is a tool that sits in your tray from morning to night. Ready the instant you summon it, forgettable while resident — conduit puts those two things first.
Built with Tauri v2 + Rust. Technical details on GitHub.
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Summons instantly No wait between pressing the key and typing.
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Light while resident Barely any memory; your PC stays fast. Install it and forget it's there.
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Data stays local History, indexes, learned rankings — all stored locally. Nothing is sent anywhere.
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Rebindable keys Every binding, including the summon key, is changeable from the settings UI.
Get started
Start with two taps of Ctrl.
Clone and build, and it lives in your tray. Then just summon it.
$ git clone https://github.com/ynaoak/conduit && pnpm tauri build