PowerToys Run: extensible quick launcher for power users

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  1. komorebi

    A tiling window manager for Windows 🍉

    The whole PowerToys suite looks useful. I'm trying to find some time to get familiar with it all.

    Also want to get going with komorebi (https://github.com/LGUG2Z/komorebi) as I've looked at the Linux tiling window managers for years with envy.

  2. InfluxDB

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  3. komorebi-application-specific-configuration

    A central place to document all tweaks required for Komorebi to 'just work' with as many applications as possible

    Make sure to make yourself familiar with application specific configs, there's already a whole community-driven config for that [1]. But all in all it's very beginner friendly, since it does enable you to float windows still (and pause komorebi).

    [1] https://github.com/LGUG2Z/komorebi-application-specific-conf...

  4. Make sure to make yourself familiar with application specific configs, there's already a whole community-driven config for that [1]. But all in all it's very beginner friendly, since it does enable you to float windows still (and pause komorebi).

    [1] https://github.com/LGUG2Z/komorebi-application-specific-conf...

  5. EverythingPowerToys

    Everything search plugin for PowerToys Run

    If you couple those two, you have a launcher that is able to find all files on your drive very fast (and launch applications of course).

    [1] https://github.com/lin-ycv/EverythingPowerToys

  6. telescope.nvim

    Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.

    This is indeed the main thing I use Spotlight/Alfred for on MacOS: I want to go to the window for this app, regardless of what virtual desktop it's on, and I don't want to hunt for it.

    I use that "text-based finder" approach _everywhere_:

    - Telescope in NeoVim (https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim)

  7. glazewm

    GlazeWM is a tiling window manager for Windows inspired by i3wm.

    I've been using GlazeWM (https://github.com/glzr-io/glazewm) for a bit now and have been enjoying it. I only use it for very basic window-tiling and its going through a re-write atm

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