[HN Gopher] Script Kit: cross-platform, scriptable, automatic sh...
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Script Kit: cross-platform, scriptable, automatic shortcuts to
everything
Author : nateb2022
Score : 55 points
Date : 2023-01-20 18:31 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.scriptkit.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.scriptkit.com)
| imiric wrote:
| At the risk of sounding like an HN contrarian: I find it
| fascinating how many projects reinvent the wheel with a complex
| solution for something that's already easily possible, while
| introducing all sorts of limitations and security issues.
|
| This seems like a repository of--hopefully verified--NodeJS
| scripts, and a standard library of common tasks, presented by a
| slick graphical launcher. The appeal seems to be that it's cross-
| platform (yet no Linux?), and that users can write their own
| scripts.
|
| But... Other than the standard library, which might be useful,
| all of this is already possible. Just write your scripts _in any
| language_ and launch them via the universal launcher: the command
| line. Or, if you want to get fancy, use any number of script
| launchers, like rofi on Linux.
|
| I'm curious to know what this tool does differently or better
| than what's currently out there.
| synergy20 wrote:
| plus, rust-rewrite-all-your-utilities efforts, what rust really
| adds is syntax highlighting and esp be .gitignore aware but I
| now need remember quite a few different option flags.
| admittedly, the old unix tools(e.g. find,grep,etc) should had
| .gitignore-awareness etc a few years back, which is still
| undone.
| what-no-tests wrote:
| Hey this looks great, but for those of us using Linux (Ubuntu) as
| a desktop, is there a similar tool? Or a port of this?
| johnlindquist wrote:
| Creator of Script Kit here.
|
| A few things to get out of the way:
|
| - I love Alfred/Raycast/BetterTouchTool/etc
|
| - I am not a company. This is an individual, highly-flawed
| passion project. Let's be kind.
|
| - I wanted to build an Open-source, cross-platform version of
| these tools that focused on reusable scripts
|
| - Linux builds exist, I don't have the machines nor bandwidth to
| support them. I will need the community to step up if they feel
| it's worthwhile
|
| We use Script Kit a lot internally at egghead.io for
| course/transcript production, so any success beyond that is
| honestly just a bonus.
|
| If there are any ideas/features/questions I can help with, the
| best place to ask is over on our GitHub discussions page (much
| easier to share code, etc).
|
| Cheers - John Lindquist
| MikeSchurman wrote:
| Thanks John. I'm immediately excited by this project. I love
| the idea of alfred et. al. but there's always something lacking
| about them: it's difficult to do plugins, or they're done in a
| language I don't know, or they're not cross platform. This
| ticks all my boxes (as far as I can tell) so I'm looking
| forward to trying it this weekend.
| riidom wrote:
| follow Linux discussion here (and have a link to the build):
|
| https://github.com/johnlindquist/kit/discussions/121
| afefers wrote:
| This is fantastic but I can't see myself using it simply because
| it uses Electron.
| [deleted]
| nateb2022 wrote:
| I'm sure there's worse hiding beneath the covers of some apps
| you use on a regular basis; e.g. Teams, Office, most AA/AAA
| games, etc. While Electron is far from optimal, just because a
| great app is built on top of it doesn't make that app any less
| great.
|
| As an example, although I do have a prejudice against Electron
| based apps myself, that doesn't prevent me from using VSCode,
| which itself is based on Electron. VSCode is pretty great, and
| I'm not going to not use it simply because it uses Electron.
| cosmotic wrote:
| Using electron generally means 10x cpu, energy, and memory
| usage. I'd say that is less great all on its own.
| twosdai wrote:
| Hey 10x of zero is still zero. :p
| sigmonsays wrote:
| I agree. web browsers need to become a service in the OS that
| can securely be shared. Electron apps are crap until that
| happens.
| tomComb wrote:
| They already are on android, iOS, and windows.
| drinchev wrote:
| This looks cool. However I was looking for a better "Alfred" on
| my Mac and found https://www.raycast.com/.
|
| Seems like it's not an electron app, but also works with JS and
| even React.
|
| In case someone is using both. What are the Pro/Cons against
| Raycast for ScriptKit?
| rockwotj wrote:
| Raycast is an amazing tool, I use it everyday and have a few
| custom scripts to do stuff. Highly recommend.
|
| It's super nice to press cmd + space and type a common thing I
| do without having to think. I use it to move windows around,
| switch from light/dark mode (frontend dev) switch focus between
| Firefox, terminal and IDEs, control Spotify, manage my Asana
| tasks, the list goes on :)
| swyx wrote:
| this is a gorgeous landing page. thank you John for always being
| so generous in sharing your automations.
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