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Quicksilver Features

Core

  • Keyboard-driven application launcher and command interface
  • Three-pane command structure (Object > Action > Argument)
  • Smart abbreviation-based matching that learns from usage
  • Hierarchical browsing — navigate into folders, contacts, music libraries with arrow keys
  • The comma trick — select and operate on multiple items at once
  • Customisable catalog — index anything for quick access
  • Multiple interface styles (Bezel, Mini, Primer, and more)

Triggers

  • Keyboard triggers — execute any Quicksilver command via a custom hotkey without invoking the command window
  • Mouse triggers — activate commands by clicking or moving to screen edges/corners, or dragging files to edges/corners
  • Event triggers — automatically run commands in response to system events (wake from sleep, network changes, power state changes, app launch/quit)
  • Gesture triggers — draw shapes with the mouse to activate commands
  • Triggers can use proxy objects as inputs, enabling powerful single-keystroke workflows

Proxy Objects

  • Current Selection — the selected text, files, or items in the frontmost application
  • Current Web Page — the URL of the page open in Safari (or other browsers via plugins)
  • Finder Selection — currently selected files in Finder
  • Latest Download — the most recently downloaded file
  • Currently Playing Track — the song playing in iTunes/Music
  • Current Application — the frontmost application
  • Clipboard Contents — whatever is on the clipboard
  • Quicksilver Selection — the item currently in Quicksilver's first pane
  • Additional proxy objects provided by plugins (Current Album, Current Artist, Current Playlist, Next Zoom Meeting, Network/Mounted/Removable Disks, etc.)
  • Enable workflows like "move the latest download to a folder" or "email the Finder selection" with a single keystroke

Files & Folders

  • File operations — open, move, copy, rename, trash, compress/decompress
  • File tagging, labels, comments, and Spotlight integration
  • Template-based file creation
  • QuickLook previews
  • Append/prepend text to files
  • Make files visible/invisible, lock/unlock
  • Create aliases, symlinks, and hard links
  • Open directories in Terminal

Applications & Processes

  • Launch, quit, force quit, relaunch, hide applications
  • Process manipulation — change priority, pause/resume, send signals
  • Application menu bar access and command execution
  • Open at login management
  • Launch as root, launch a copy

Email & Messaging

  • Compose and send emails directly from any context
  • Send files as attachments without switching apps
  • Integration with Mail, Gmail, Entourage
  • Instant messaging via iChat and Adium
  • Multiple recipients via the comma trick
  • Subject/body formatting in compose

Contacts

  • Browse and search contacts by name, initials, or nickname
  • Navigate into contact fields (phone, email, IM, address)
  • Email, message, or call contacts directly
  • Contact pictures displayed in interface

Web & Search

  • 600+ built-in web searches (Google, Wikipedia, Amazon, IMDB, YouTube, etc.)
  • Custom web searches for any website
  • Browser bookmark and history access (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, OmniWeb, Opera)
  • URL and email address recognition
  • Search for selected text or clipboard contents via proxy objects

Music & Media

  • Full iTunes/Music library browsing and playback control
  • Browse by artist, album, genre, playlist
  • iPhoto browsing and slideshows
  • Image manipulation — scale, convert formats, batch processing
  • Desktop picture management
  • Screen capture
  • Flickr upload with tags

Clipboard & Storage

  • Clipboard history with configurable depth
  • Persistent shelf for long-term item storage
  • Numbered storage slots for quick access
  • Text and image previews

Text & Calculations

  • Text entry mode for arbitrary input
  • Large type display
  • Text-to-speech with custom voices
  • Append/prepend to text files
  • Calculator (bc and RPN via dc)
  • Unit conversions
  • Dictionary lookup and synonyms

System Control

  • Sleep, restart, shutdown, lock screen
  • Volume and audio device control
  • Network location switching, WiFi network selection
  • Display configuration (resolution, refresh rate, colour depth)
  • Keychain password access
  • Eject disks and close disk trays
  • Fast user switching
  • Expose and Dashboard commands

Development & Automation

  • Run shell commands and scripts
  • Terminal and iTerm integration
  • AppleScript and Automator workflow execution
  • Services menu access
  • Command line tool (qs)
  • SVN operations (add, commit, checkout, status, log, update)

Notable Plugins

  • 1Password — quick access to passwords
  • QR Code — generate QR codes from text/URLs
  • Emoji — access emoji characters
  • Zoom — join meetings quickly
  • Transmit / Cyberduck — FTP/SFTP client integration
  • Viscosity — VPN control
  • Remote Hosts — SSH and remote system access
  • Notification Hub — macOS notification integration
  • Remember The Milk — task management
  • Google Calendar — create events from text
  • YouTube Downloader — download videos
  • Dash — developer documentation lookup