Software that Pairs Well with Talon
This page documents third party software that pair well with Talon.
Programming and text editing
| Software | Cost | Platform | Description |
|---|
| Shortcat | Free | Mac | Allows selecting native UI elements by searching related strings. Like vimium for OSX. |
| Homerow | Paid | Mac | Another Vimium for OSX alternative. |
| Rectangle | Free | Mac | Keyboard control window placement and management |
| Fluent Search | Free | Windows | General Windows productivity software that can put labels on each button etc. (in addition to acting as an application launcher). Highly customizable and feature rich. |
| Hunt and Peck | Free | Windows | Like Vimium for Windows. Paints a two letter label on each button etc. which you can type to select. Note: May not work with some modern Windows GUI programs. Sporadically maintained |
| Software | Cost | Platform | Description |
|---|
| Rango | Free | Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Chromium | Purpose built for the Talon community by a Talon user. Inspired by Vimium but with better voice UX. |
| Vimium | Free | Firefox/Chrome | Vim style browser controls. Lets you see all links on page and click with 2 letter combos. |
| Tridactyl | Free | Firefox/Chrome | More vim style control in browser |
| Vimari | Free | Safari | A port of Vimium for Safari. |
Once Talon can interface with Linux's accessibility tools, the only terminal emulators that provide interfaces are VTE-based ones like Termite (e.g. Kitty & Alacritty don't expose any information).