Zazu App

Dev tools

app launcher

SHOW HN2017

111points
56comments
#405of 2,242 in 2017
Top 19%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

6 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.

Execution: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 5 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Cross-platform support

    From 3 comments
    • I love that this is cross platform. When I tried to install the debian package through the Ubuntu Software Center I received this warning: ``` The package is of bad quality The…
      Splendor on HN
    • I second the sentiments on cross platform! I use MacOS + Linux at work and Windows + Linux at home, so quality cross-platform software is great for consistency.
      Zikes on HN
    • This is really great! I'll have to try it out sometime. I've been wanting a "replacement" for Alfred for years. Not because i dislike Alfred, i love it; But because it's a tool…
      notheguyouthink on HN
  • Clipboard history is useful

    From 2 comments
    • +1 for clipboard history easily searchable. I think in my workflow it's adding so much to my personal productivy. Maybe the best productivy hack in Alfred.
      hartator on HN
    • I love this thing so far. I recently switched to using Mint instead of OSX because I refuse to pay $2300 for a 15" MBP. I was really missing the clipboard ability of Alfred, and…
      binaryblitz on HN

Objections

  • Installation problems on Ubuntu, Windows and Homebrew

    From 4 comments
    • I love that this is cross platform. When I tried to install the debian package through the Ubuntu Software Center I received this warning: ``` The package is of bad quality The…
      Splendor on HN
    • Note that on win10, you have to manually unblock the installer to allow it to run at all -- otherwise double-clicking just hangs explorer.exe.
      hprotagonist on HN
    • The homepage says ``` brew cask install zazu ``` should work to install via Homebrew, but it doesn't.
      alwillis on HN
    • Seems interesting. Installed on Ubuntu 16.04 and keeps asking to update to 0.2.2 and hotkeys don't seem to work. Also crashed during a file search.
      pech0rin on HN
  • Calculator and search failed on Linux Mint

    From 1 comment
    • Tested using Linux mint: calculator, google and other things didn't work, the only thing that was working was application launcher
      wideem on HN
  • Lacks Alfred's workflow GUI

    From 1 comment
    • Zazu does allow for keyboard shortcuts, and can do everything the Alfred workflows can, but does not currently provide a GUI for creating the workflows. The biggest difference…
      blainesch on HN

Requests

  • Auto-paste clipboard result on selection

    From 1 comment
    • I love this thing so far. I recently switched to using Mint instead of OSX because I refuse to pay $2300 for a 15" MBP. I was really missing the clipboard ability of Alfred, and…
      binaryblitz on HN
  • Better file search and indexing

    From 2 comments
    • How does the file search on Win10 compare to native file search?
      ch4s3 on HN
    • Alfred piggybacks on spotlight's metadata index for finding a file, how does the file finder for this work? This looks great. I've been debating on building my own tool for this.…
      Jaepa on HN

Questions

  • How file search works cross-platform

    From 2 comments
    • How do you search files in a cross platform way?
      pier25 on HN
    • Alfred piggybacks on spotlight's metadata index for finding a file, how does the file finder for this work? This looks great. I've been debating on building my own tool for this.…
      Jaepa on HN
  • How it compares to GNOME Do

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Alfred

    From 2 comments
    • So Zazu is based on Alfred which was based on Quicksilver[1]. As someone who never left Quicksilver in the first place, what are some of the improvements that either alternative…
      liquidise on HN
    • I'm a big power user of Alfred. I've created a lot of custom workflows in Alfred to automate things in macOS, such as setting up dev environments (window management) or using the…
      ArlenBales on HN
  • Quicksilver

    From 2 comments
    • So Zazu is based on Alfred which was based on Quicksilver[1]. As someone who never left Quicksilver in the first place, what are some of the improvements that either alternative…
      liquidise on HN
    • I tried switching from QS to Alfred ages ago, since Quicksilver development has been stagnant for over 5 years (it's still being updated, but just barely — mostly just…
      okdana on HN
  • Hain

    From 1 comment
    • I've recently been enjoying using Hain, another spotlight-esque launcher like this one with more features: - A built-in package manager based on NPM - A visual settings editor -…
      teknologist on HN
  • Lacona

    From 1 comment
    • Seems really similar to Lacona ( https://www.lacona.io/ ), which also has add-ons and it's built on React. Any idea if it's based on it?
      NicoSantangelo on HN
  • GNOME Do

    From 1 comment

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