Hotkey Launcher

About Hotkey Launcher

Information

Developer

SiliconDevKit (generated by AI from a prompt)

Category

Productivity

Compatibility

macOS 13 or later, Apple silicon. Apple silicon Macs only (M1 or later), not Intel

Size

433 KB (.dmg)

Latest version

1.1

Price

Free

Signing

Ad-hoc signed, not notarized

The prompt behind it

This app was generated from the prompt below. Paste it into SiliconDevKit to build your own version, then change it however you like.

Build a native Mac menu bar app called Hotkey Launcher: set your own global keyboard shortcuts that open an app, a folder, a file, a website, or run a Shortcuts automation, from anywhere. Use the KeyboardShortcuts Swift package (by Sindre Sorhus, MIT license) for the shortcut recorder and the global hotkeys. It is the only third-party package; everything else is Apple frameworks. RESEARCH FIRST (use WebSearch and WebFetch before you write code) Do not rely on memory. Read the KeyboardShortcuts README: (1) how to add it to Package.swift with an exact version and the product name; (2) KeyboardShortcuts.Name, KeyboardShortcuts.Recorder (the SwiftUI view), onKeyUp and onKeyDown handlers, getShortcut, setShortcut, reset, and how it warns about shortcuts the system already uses; (3) how shortcut names are created at run time for a user-made list (not only constants); (4) the minimum macOS version of the package. Also read Apple's documentation for NSWorkspace (open(_:), openApplication(at:configuration:), activateFileViewerSelecting), SMAppService (launch at login), MenuBarExtra and NSOpenPanel, and how to run a Shortcuts automation (the shortcuts:// URL scheme "run-shortcut?name="; check the exact format). Where a page disagrees with this prompt, follow the page and say what changed. WHAT THE APP DOES - A menu bar app (LSUIElement true, SF Symbol icon, no picture files). The menu lists the user's shortcuts with their key combination, a "Pause all shortcuts" switch, "Open Settings" and "Quit". - The Settings window is a simple list. "Add" opens a small form: a name, an action type (Open an app, Open a folder or file, Open a website, Run a Shortcut), the target (an NSOpenPanel for apps, folders and files; a text field for a website, checked to start with http:// or https://; a field for the Shortcut's name), and the KeyboardShortcuts.Recorder. Each row can be edited, switched off or deleted. Show a clear warning if two entries use the same keys or the keys are already taken by the system, using what the package reports. - An action that opens an app brings it to the front if it is already running. A website opens in the default browser. A missing target (an app that was moved or deleted) shows a red "Not found" note on the row and a notification when the key is pressed, never a silent failure. - Import and export of the list as a small JSON file. Stored in UserDefaults or a JSON file in Application Support, with the shortcuts themselves kept by the package. - Settings: "Launch at login" (SMAppService), "Show a small notification when a shortcut runs", and "Reset all shortcuts" with a confirmation. TRUST - The app records no keystrokes except the combinations the user sets, and sends nothing anywhere: no network code at all. Say so in an About box. A first-run card explains the shortcuts and the one thing that can go wrong (a combination another app also uses). QUALITY - macOS 13 or later (raise it if the package needs more), Swift 5 language mode, SwiftUI with an AppKit app delegate for the menu bar item. No Xcode project, no asset catalog. Modular: ShortcutStore, ActionRunner, SettingsView, EditorForm and the menu. Friendly errors with a Show Details box. - The code is compiled later on the user's Mac, not here: check every initializer, argument label and optional, with no force-unwraps. Do not fake anything: an empty list says it is empty and shows an Add button. - In your reply, say in a few sentences what you built, what the lookups changed (the package version, the recorder API, the Shortcuts URL), and what you could not test: the global hotkeys on a real Mac, conflicts with the system, launch at login and the Shortcuts action were not run.

What it cost

Every AI run that made this demo, one per line. Model: Claude Sonnet 5.5. Tokens are shown as (in / out). “In” counts everything the model read, including text it had already seen in the session at a reduced price.

Credits are what a build uses on your plan. This counts AI usage only: hosting and the Mac that compiled it are not included.

Version tree

Every change to this app is a new version. Use any build as a template to start your own copy from it; forks that their makers shared appear as branches.