I added the maintainer email address for the v0.2.2 deploy, can you confirm this is working for you now?

I was able to install without warning now. However, the alt+space command doesn't seem to work. That instead opens the context menu in the app that has focus. I can use Zazu by clicking the menu bar icon and choosing 'Toggle Zazu' though.

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 in case that's helpful.

Hain is a great project, they launched a few months after I started working on Zazu!

For comparison:

- Zazu has a github based package manager

- A dotfile for configuration (for backup!)

- Very fast fuzzy matching of file and program names

- Cross platform notifications (toast on windows!)

- An HTML-based preview pane

- Cross platform!

I haven't heard of lacona until you just mentioned it, but it does look nice. They also have plugins written in node, but offer a more "natural language" search, which Zazu doesn't. Zazu is also completely open source, but they have a paid version. Zazu is all cross platform, but Lacona only offers mac builds.

In v0.2.2 it tells you when it's still loading the plugins. Feel free to try deleting your ~/.zazu folder and using this newer version!

The v0.2.2 I pushed the tag for, but didn't update the website. Sorry about that.

Can you report the crash in the repo and attach the ~/.zazu/log file?

I would LOVE auto paste, but I've not found a good way to do this in Electron yet. ]:

If you know how, let me know :D

I've not used electron but can't you simply invoke Applescript or use a shell command? Checkout pbcopy + pbpaste utilities or use applescript:

    $ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down'

I realize this isn't cross platform but there should be similar methods in other OS'es.

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 for the plugins, is that they are written in Node so they can be cross platform.

For more info on creating plugins: http://zazuapp.org/documentation/plugins/

Thanks. The workflow creator GUI is the big seller for Alfred, it saves a lot of time in testing and tweaking workflows and from having to write a bunch of boilerplate.

Completely agree, and I can't wait to have one for Zazu! :D

I haven't installed Quick Silver in many years, so my understanding may be dated, but at the time it didn't offer many intuitive actions, such as copying the calculator result to your clipboard.

Alfred doesn't treat plugins as first class citizens, only alfred can have the top level search space, all plugins have prefixes. Plugins in Zazu are first class citizens, there is no built in behavior so you have more flexibility with what you want.

Zazu is also cross platform, so switching between Mac and Ubuntu for instance wouldn't hurt your workflow. Alfred and QuickSilver are Mac specific.

Uh oh! Can you file an issue on github with the log file stored in `~/.zazu/log`?

I've been running it on my Mac, along with other electron apps like Slack and VSCode, and I've not noticed a drain on my battery.

It's never come up in my "Apps using significant energy" in the battery dropdown.