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espanso
A cross-platform text expander that turns typed triggers into snippets, dates, forms or script output.
GPL-3.0 · Downloads from espanso.org
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- espanso
- Verified
- 2026
About espanso
espanso watches for keywords as you type and replaces them with longer text: canned replies, code snippets, emoji, dates, or the output of shell commands and scripts. Matches are defined in configuration files, can be app-specific, and can open small forms for filling in values.
A search bar helps find matches, and a package manager installs shared collections from the espanso hub. It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux and keeps processing local.
Information
- Source code
- espanso/espanso
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Website
- espanso.org
- Download
- espanso.org
- Category
- Productivity
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/espanso/espanso
- github.com/espanso/espanso/blob/dev/LICENSE
- espanso.org/install/
- github.com/espanso/espanso/releases
- formulae.brew.sh/cask/espanso
- icon.png: espanso contributors. GPL-3.0; upstream project asset, trademarks retained.
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