instantOS

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instantOS specific programs and features ​

ins ​

This is a command line tool which manages most of instantOS and unifies most utilities in a single portable binary. Many of its features are distro agnostic.

It currently includes, among other things:

  • desktop settings via ins settings
  • wallpaper management via ins wallpaper
  • diagnostics via ins doctor
  • system updates via ins update
  • self-updates via ins self-update
  • session startup helpers via ins autostart

See ins for the command reference.

instantWM ​

The instantOS window manager. It works on X11 and Wayland and features:

  • Tiled and floating windows with easy keyboard and mouse placement
  • Multiple monitors and tags
  • Scratchpad and overlay windows
  • Custom keybindings and modes

See the instantWM documentation hub for all instantWM guides, including layouts, floating windows, overlays, keybindings, configuration, and scripting.

instantwmctl ​

The command-line control tool for instantWM. Use it to manage windows, tags, layouts, and other settings at runtime.

See instantwmctl for the complete command reference.

instantASSIST ​

ins arch ​

The custom instantOS installer, built into ins. See the installation guide.

instantPASS ​

An instantMENU GUI for the unix-pass password manager with some extra features

instantMENU ​

The general-purpose menu that powers most instantOS GUIs: start menu, quick menu, instantASSIST, shutdown menu and more. It started as a dmenu fork and was rewritten in Rust, keeping the dmenu workflow (items on stdin, selection on stdout, full keyboard control) while adding mouse support, animations, item icons, headings, alt-tab behaviour, streamed input, a slider mode, frecency and native support for both X11 and Wayland. It includes Catppuccin, classic and Gruvbox themes plus a cross-platform TOML appearance file. The command line uses modern long options (--width, --prompt, --match-mode, ...) with a few single-letter shortcuts (-i, -p, -l, ...).

See the instantMENU development docs for item syntax (headings, colors, icons, matching metadata, grids), configuration, startup behavior and the command line.

instantPACMAN ​

Deprecated, functionality moved to ins

instantSETTINGS ​

Deprecated, functionality moved to ins

instantWELCOME ​

Deprecated, functionality moved to ins welcome

imosid ​

Deprecated, approach has changed and dotfile management is now part of ins

instantSHELL ​

Deprecated, all shell configuration has been moved to the dotfile repo.

imenu ​

A thin wrapper around instantmenu to provide some convenience when using it.

commandfinder ​

Find out fast as frick what package you need to install if you type a command which is not installed.

instantsearch

islide ​

Deprecated. Its functionality is built into instantmenu slide.

instantLOCK ​

The lock screen in the instantWM session

instantNOTIFY / instantnotify ​

Deprecated and replaced by ins notify. The new implementation is part of instantCLI, works with dunst and mako, and provides interactive, GUI, and scriptable notification-history management.

instantclipmenu ​

Deprecated and replaced by ins clip. Existing shortcuts continue to work through a compatibility shim, while new integrations get searchable previews, service management, stable entry IDs, and scriptable JSON output.

instantSTATUS ​

Not happening, I don't have time to create yet another status bar, we have enough already

instantOPEN ​

Open AppImages and flatpak files, somehow this was not a thing when I made this