Shortcat Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• I disabled my mouse for a week

  Many MacOS users don’t know that, in almost all applications, 'Command + ?' opens the Help menu and immediately focuses a search field that allows the user to search and activate any menu command. An additional non-native but amazing (and free!) application is Shortcat (https://shortcat.app/). Among other amazing abilities, Shortcat lets the user access parts of the current application’s GUI that may not be... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• Fluent Search

  MacOS actually does better in this area of keyboardless software: you have https://www.homerow.app/ and https://shortcat.app/. Not sure about linux, but I would imagine that the home of OS hackers would have something similar. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• HOW DO I GET RID OF USING MY MOUSE?

  If you're on Mac try shortcat - it's solved most mouse issues for me. I use a mouse now <5% of tasks and keyboard shortcuts for the rest. Https://shortcat.app/. Source: 10 months ago

• MacOS Shortcat alternative for Linux

  As you may or may not know, there's an app called Shortcat for Mac, which is amazingly cool: it allows you to navigate the "whole" UI using the keyboard (something like Vimium in the browser, but for all the "normal" windows). Source: 11 months ago

• Exterminate your desk: How to remove your mouse

  Does anyone have experience with both Shortcat (https://shortcat.app/) and Homerow (https://www.homerow.app/) to make a comparison? - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• GitHub – GEIGEIGEIST/KLOR: a 36-42 key column-staggered split keyboard

  I use the UHK. [1] It offers programmable key layers, including a mouse key layer. That combined with apps like Shortcat [2] and I haven’t needed an actual mouse or trackpad in months. That said, UHK offers thumb track pad and track ball modules if you just can’t give it up. [1] https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/ [2] https://shortcat.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Corne with track button in oled?

  I'll also add that you probably want to pair this with some apps like ShortCat that lets you absolutely minimize time spent off of the homerow. Source: 12 months ago

• Simple questions and Help thread - Week of May 07, 2023

  Hi, anyone knows if there's an app for Windows like Shortcat or Homerow for MacOS? Basically, I want an app to control the GUI with my keyboard. I know that's already possible, but the two apps I posted do this in a very efficient way (minimal number of keystrokes). Source: 12 months ago

• Can you set keyboard shortcuts for Safari extensions using Alfred or any other app?

  I've had some success triggering Safari extensions using Shortcat It lets you trigger various UI elements by typing their title/description, in my case I type 'pin' and the Pinboard extension button is highlighted/shows up. Iirc it relies on the macos accessibility system to find labels for all the UI elements on screen. Source: about 1 year ago

• How to avoid mouse in macos?

  I use Hammerspoon (https://www.hammerspoon.org/) to control the windows. You can create a tiling window manager with it the way you like it. I also use Shortcat (https://shortcat.app/) to maneuver around the GUI interface just using the keyboard. It works really well. Source: about 1 year ago

• Vimium – The Hacker's Browser

  I like Shortcat https://shortcat.app. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Got the Advantage 2, how did you get used to the different layout from the usual keyboards?

  By the way. If you are on a Mac (like the submitter), it's worth using Shortcat, which makes pretty much every application keyboard-driven. Can help to drastically reduce mouse use. Source: about 1 year ago

• Wasavi – VI editor for any webpage

  This looks very similar to shortcat https://shortcat.app/, can you tell me what your program offers that the other one (free, but also not OS) does not? On an unrelated note, I made the same thing (barebones), but for Linux and theoretically also Windows: https://github.com/phil294/vimium-everywhere. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• I made a Mac productivity app that helps you click on buttons & links with the keyboard

  There is also an open source alternative: Shortcat. I gave up on vimacapp (since it is not maintained anymore) and homerow is closed source. Source: over 1 year ago

• Need Help Getting Set Up Quickly With Split Keyboard

  Agree, ban the mouse. On Macs, Shortcat is a great app to make every application keyboard-driven. Source: over 1 year ago

• BSD-XFCE Installs macOS-Like XFCE Enviroment on FreeBSD

  And well-developed third-party apps that integrate deeply into the rich macOS APIs. E.g., the other day someone posted Shortcat which provides keyboard shortcuts for every GUI application, by using macOS accessibility API (which apparently works everywhere, including in Electron apps): https://shortcat.app Another good (recent) example is Mimestream, a client for Google Mail, which is one of the best mail apps... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• GitHub – rvaiya/warpd: A modal keyboard-driven virtual pointer

  I've built an app that has the same goals (not operate a mouse) but approach the completely differently. Rather than try to simulate the moving the mouse itself, Shortcat [https://shortcat.app/] indexes the user interface (buttons, text fields, links, menus, etc) and enables fast fuzzy search of the interface. Type a word, abbreviations, or hints and hit Enter to click or action the element. Works almost... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• macOS Free and Open-Source Security Tools by Objective-See

  I sent a message to slack the other day recommending Shortcat (https://shortcat.app/). I edited the message to mention that I use LuLu and it's worth noting that Shortcat is closed source and does send info out to sentry. Now I have to edit that same message and mention that LuLu also phones home to sentry. Can't blame people for wanting stack traces but wow it's a tricky subject in terms of privacy. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Thank you so much

  I also definitely prefer the keyboard. You should check out Shortcat. Source: over 1 year ago

• Using the Same Arch Linux Installation for a Decade

  For the Command Tab issue, I created rcmd to fix it: https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd It became really annoying to press tab 5 times just to get to the app I need. If you’re interested in technical writings, I recently wrote about my journey to creating rcmd here: https://alinpanaitiu.com/blog/window-switcher-app-store/ The dock stops being a problem once you set it to automatically hide and find ways to use the mouse... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• What are some software development or coding tasks that can only be done on macOS?

  Also if you like Vimac, you might want to take a look at the newly updated Shortcat or the (still in development) Wooshy. Source: over 1 year ago