The keyboard launcher
you configure in text.

Apps, files, clipboard history, emoji, quick answers and your own menus behind one shortcut. Native, private and open source.

Download for Mac View source

macOS 14 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel · Free, MIT license

brew install --cask omerdikyol/tap/fener

Live demo. Click the panel and type, or move over the desktop to carry the lantern.

01 · Answers

Type the question, not the app. Math, units, currencies, time zones and dates resolve while you type. Return copies the result.

100 usd to try with the ECB's daily rates

15:00 istanbul to london, offline

Math, and units like 10 km to mi

02 · Menus

Anything you can run in a shell is a menu entry. A few lines of TOML, or a script that prints choices, become a menu with icons, submenus and confirmations.

~/.config/fener/menus/capture.toml

[[entry]]
name = "Region to Clipboard"
icon = "nf-md-selection_drag"
command = "screencapture -i -c"

[[entry]]
name = "Window to Desktop"
icon = "nf-md-window_maximize"
command = "screencapture -i -W ~/Desktop/shot.png"

[[entry]]
name = "Record or More…"
subtitle = "Screenshot app"
command = "open -a Screenshot"

Capture…

Region to Clipboard
Window to Desktop
Record or More…Screenshot app

03 · Configuration

Every setting is a line in a file. Save `config.toml` and fener applies it. Prefer clicking? The same settings are in the panel, written back with your comments kept.

~/.config/fener/config.toml

theme =    # click it
shortcut = "cmd+space"

[panel]
position = "center"
screen = "mouse"

[clipboard]
keep_days = 30
ignore_apps = ["1Password"]

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04 · Privacy

What you type stays on your Mac. No account, no analytics, no update checks.

1network request: the European Central Bank's exchange rates, at most daily, only when you convert a currency

0permissions needed up front: no Accessibility, Input Monitoring or Screen Recording

AES-GCMencryption for clipboard history, with the key in your Keychain

05 · Compared

Good launchers already exist. fener is for people who want every line of their setup in their dotfiles, and nothing leaving their Mac.

	fener	Spotlight	Raycast	Alfred	Sol	Hammerspoon
What it is	Launcher	Launcher	Launcher and extension store	Launcher and workflows	Launcher	Lua automation toolkit
Price	Free	Built in	Free, Pro plan	Free, paid Powerpack	Free	Free
Source	Open, MIT	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open, MIT	Open, MIT
Configured in	Text files and the panel	System Settings	The app	The app	The app	Lua you write
Extend with	Shell commands and scripts	Shortcuts	TypeScript extensions	Workflows	AppleScript and scripts	Lua
Clipboard history	Built in, encrypted	Built in	Built in	Powerpack	Built in	Add-on (Spoons)
Built with	Swift, AppKit	Apple	Native app	Native app	React Native	Objective-C, Lua

Get fener

Homebrew

Also installs the Nerd Font for the icons and the fener command. brew upgrade keeps it current.

brew install --cask omerdikyol/tap/fener

Download

Signed and notarized. Unzip, move fener.app to Applications and open it. It adds itself to Login Items.

Download fener.app

Build from source

Needs Xcode or the Command Line Tools. Installs the app, the fener command and a login item.

git clone https://github.com/omerdikyol/fener && fener/scripts/install.sh

Then

Turn off Spotlight's ⌘ space in System Settings › Keyboard › Keyboard Shortcuts, or pick another shortcut in fener Settings. Without Homebrew, add a Nerd Font for the icons:

brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font

The keyboard launcher you configure in text.