dirs VS espanso

Compare dirs vs espanso and see what are their differences.

dirs

a low-level library that provides config/cache/data paths, following the respective conventions on Linux, macOS and Windows (by xdg-rs)
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dirs espanso
1 231
182 9,083
1.1% 2.8%
0.0 8.3
about 1 year ago 10 days ago
Rust Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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dirs

Posts with mentions or reviews of dirs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-16.

espanso

Posts with mentions or reviews of espanso. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-03.
  • You don't have to type faster to type faster
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Apr 2024
    If you want a standalone cross platform text expander I currently enjoy using Espanso[1]

    [1]: https://espanso.org/

  • Espanso: Because Who Actually Likes Typing Out Their Emails?
    1 project | dev.to | 1 Apr 2024
    # espanso match file # For a complete introduction, visit the official docs at: https://espanso.org/docs/ # You can use this file to define the base matches (aka snippets) # that will be available in every application when using espanso. # Matches are substitution rules: when you type the "trigger" string # it gets replaced by the "replace" string. matches: # signatures - trigger: ";n" replace: "Nikola" - trigger: ";b" replace: "BreΕΎnjak" - trigger: ";li" replace: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikola-bre%C5%BEnjak-892b9a24/" - trigger: ";sn" replace: "Kind regards,\nNikola BreΕΎnjak\nhttp://www.nikola-breznjak.com/blog" - trigger: ";web" replace: "http://www.nikola-breznjak.com/" - trigger: ";em" replace: "[email protected]" ## git - trigger: ";ga" replace: "git add ." - trigger: ";gb" replace: "git branch" - trigger: ";gc" replace: "git commit -m " - trigger: ";gd" replace: "git diff --color " - trigger: ";gf" replace: "git fetch --all" - trigger: ";gi" replace: "find . -name '.DS_Store' -type f -delete" - trigger: ";gl" replace: "git log" - trigger: ";gp" replace: "git push origin main" - trigger: ";gs" replace: "git status" - trigger: ";gt" replace: "git remote -v" - trigger: ";gu" replace: "git pull origin main" ## blog - trigger: ";bimp" replace: "https://nikola-breznjak.com/blog/books/want-improve-read-books/" - trigger: ";brem" replace: "https://nikola-breznjak.com/blog/miscellaneou/make-remote-developer/" ## emojis - trigger: ";eew" replace: "⚠️" - trigger: ";eet" replace: "πŸ€”" - trigger: ";eeb" replace: "πŸ’°" - trigger: ";eem" replace: "πŸ’ͺ" - trigger: ";eetm" replace: "β„’" - trigger: ";eeh" replace: "❀️" - trigger: ";eeu" replace: "πŸ‘" - trigger: ";eep" replace: "πŸ™" - trigger: ";eef" replace: "🀦" - trigger: ";ees" replace: "πŸ™‚" - trigger: ";eeg" replace: "😎" - trigger: ";eev" replace: "πŸ‘‹" - trigger: ";eel" replace: "πŸ˜‚" - trigger: ";eec" replace: "πŸ‘" - trigger: ";eeo" replace: "βœ…" - trigger: ";eer" replace: "πŸš€" - trigger: ";eex" replace: "⏭️" ## replies - trigger: ";ryw" replace: "You’re welcome πŸ‘" - trigger: ";rlmk" replace: "Please let me know πŸ‘" - trigger: ";rbtw" replace: "Btw, how are things on your end?" - trigger: ";rt" replace: "Thank you! πŸ‘" ## misc - trigger: ";fd" replace: "firebase deploy" - trigger: ";wed" replace: "Happy Wednesday (a dy on which, historically, most people wed on - thus: Wed nes day). Not really, but it would be a fun fact actually πŸ™‚" - trigger: ";cl" replace: "console.log(" - trigger: ";se" replace: "select * from " - trigger: ";o" replace: "open ." - trigger: ";im" replace: "![]({{clipb}})" vars: - name: "clipb" type: "clipboard" - trigger: ";ch" replace: "chrome://history" - trigger: ";;c" replace: "code ."
  • Polish characters and formatting issues on MacOS
    1 project | /r/espanso | 8 Dec 2023
  • Is there global autocorrect for linux?
    4 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 7 Dec 2023
  • Add-on that makes it possible to paste one sentence?
    1 project | /r/firefox | 5 Dec 2023
    This should work for you. Free, cross-platform and works everywhere not just the browser. https://espanso.org/
  • Espanso: Open-source, privacy-first, cross-platform and extensible text expander
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Oct 2023
  • Bad Emacs Defaults
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Oct 2023
    Huh, didn't know abbrev had that limitation (wonder why?). Gave it a go in espanso (https://espanso.org/), and it does work there.
  • Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Aug 2023
    I use a tool called "Espanso" to accomplish something similar at work. It only runs locally, so no weird data scraping issues to worry about. And it's easy to update as things changes becauase everything lives in a simple yml file.

    https://espanso.org/

    It can do simple text replacement, so I have words, phrases, and sentences I use frequently compressed into a few keyboard clicks. It can also grab what is in your clipboard, so that can be incorporated into responses, which is simple but very handy.

    A simple text replacement looks like this in the yaml file:

  • Cannot get espanso to work on Debian 12 (stable)
    1 project | /r/espanso | 27 Aug 2023
  • [DEV] Open source text expander - Bugs fixed, new updates, now available on IzzyOnDroid - might be worth trying again :D
    1 project | /r/androidapps | 13 Jul 2023
    If you don't know what a text expander is, see: https://espanso.org

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dirs and espanso you can also consider the following projects:

directories-rs - a mid-level library that provides config/cache/data paths, following the respective conventions on Linux, macOS and Windows

AutoHotkey - AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.

watchexec - Executes commands in response to file modifications

AutoKey - AutoKey, a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11.

wasmer - πŸš€ The leading Wasm Runtime supporting WASIX, WASI and Emscripten

rofimoji - Emoji, unicode and general character picker for rofi and rofi-likes

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. [Moved to: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty]

svntogit-packages - Automatic import of svn 'packages' repo (read-only mirror)

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

vim-clutch - A hardware pedal for improved text editing in Vim

obsidian-text-expander - Text Expander plugin for Obsidian

Windows Terminal - The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!