A lightning-fast, highly customizable, and robust snippet management tool.
FastPrompter is a powerful desktop application built with Python and PyQt6 designed to keep your most-used snippets, templates, and text blocks just a keystroke away. Whether you're a developer needing fast access to code blocks, a writer managing templates, or anyone who frequently copy-pastes repetitive text, FastPrompter gives you an elegant, distraction-free interface to stay productive.
In v0.2.0, FastPrompter has undergone a deep architectural audit. It now features an ultra-robust Inter-Process Communication (IPC) backend, safe frameless window resizing, pixel-perfect vintage aesthetic rendering, and dynamic multi-monitor snapping.
- Global Hotkey Access: Summon FastPrompter instantly from anywhere using customizable global hotkeys (e.g.,
Alt+X). - Secure Single-Instance IPC: Launching the app while it's already running safely pipes commands (like summoning the window) to the active instance via a secure QLocalServer implementation. No memory leaks, no ghost processes.
- Dynamic Multi-Monitor Snapping: Press
Ctrl+Qto intelligently cycle the application window to the exact corners of the screen where your cursor currently resides, precisely calculating native title bar geometries to prevent off-screen clipping. - Robust Frameless Drag & Resize: Use Right-Click and drag anywhere to move the window natively. Safely resize the app edges without crashing the underlying Win32 APIs.
- Pie Menu Integration: Quickly trigger specific snippets directly at your cursor via a beautiful, non-intrusive quick-select pie menu (
Shift+Alt+X). - Real-Time Auto-Save: Your data is constantly synced to a local SQLite database (
fastprompter_data.db). Never lose a keystroke. - Pixel-Perfect Vintage Rendering: Designed specifically for
Verdana_m1.ttfwith Anti-Aliasing explicitly disabled for an authentic, razor-sharp aesthetic that mimics classic Windows GUIs.
FastPrompter is designed for speed. Here are the fully documented keyboard shortcuts.
- Toggle App Visibility:
Alt+X(Customizable) - Show Pie Menu:
Shift+Alt+X(Customizable) - Lock Window Position:
Ctrl+Shift+L(Customizable) - Toggle Always On Top:
Ctrl+Shift+E(Customizable)
- Ctrl+Q: Cycle Snap Corners (Intelligently moves across screens)
- Ctrl+N: New Empty Snippet (Clears current editor text)
- Ctrl+S: Save Snippet (Force commit to SQLite)
- Ctrl+Z: Undo Text Change
- Ctrl+D: Toggle Focus Mode (Distraction-free)
- Ctrl+F / Ctrl+H: Find / Replace Text
- Ctrl+Shift+S: Export/Save Silo (Tab) to a local text file
- Esc: Hide Window & Auto-save (Runs gracefully into background)
- F1 - F10: Instantly Execute Snippet 1-10 from your active temp presets
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q: Quit Application Completely (Kills IPC background server)
FastPrompter uses uv to manage its dependencies in a lightning-fast, isolated virtual environment.
- Python 3.11+
- uv (Recommended) or
pip
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/fastprompter.git cd fastprompter -
Run with
uv:uv run python FastPrompter.pyw
(Note: FastPrompter.pyw handles crash logging and routes safely to the main package).
FastPrompter has been heavily refactored for v0.2.0 into a scalable, robust architecture:
core/: State management, database interactions (SQLite), theme configuration, and global hotkeys.ui/: Independent modular widgets (Sidebar, Pie Menu, Settings, Splitters).main.py: The central orchestrator binding the UI, IPC Socket Server, and Win32 event hooks securely.
Crash Handling: All unhandled exceptions are cleanly caught and dumped to crash.log, triggering a native Win32 MessageBox to alert you immediately without silently killing the background process.
Contributions, issues, and feature requests are always welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
