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Add Quick Shell plugin for launcher commands - #290

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@weinguyen1224-glitch weinguyen1224-glitch commented Aug 7, 2026

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Introduces /qs launcher prefix to run shell commands in an interactive terminal. Features dynamic shell completions (Fish/Bash), command history, user snippets, and directory navigation.

Plugin

  • Id: <author>/<plugin>
  • New plugin
  • Update to an existing plugin (version bumped in plugin.toml)

What it does

External dependencies

Testing

  • Tested on Niri
  • Tested on Hyprland
  • Tested on Sway
  • Tested on another compositor:
  • Noctalia version tested against:
  • Plugin API level:

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Checklist

  • The directory name matches the part of id after the / in plugin.toml exactly.
  • It ships plugin.toml, README.md, thumbnail.webp, and translations/en.json.
  • README.md follows the
    README template, documents
    every entry id and dependency, and includes exact panel IPC commands and launcher prefixes where applicable.
  • I created thumbnail.webp with the thumbnail generator.
  • version follows semver and is bumped in this PR; plugin_api is the oldest API level this plugin requires.
  • Every non-English translation in this PR uses a locale supported by Noctalia core, and I can read, write, and
    understand that language well enough to review and maintain it (no unreviewed machine/LLM translations).
  • I did not edit catalog.toml; CI generates it.
  • This PR touches exactly one plugin directory.

Code review attestation

Plugins run as trusted, unsandboxed Luau in the user's session. Confirm:

  • The code is readable and not obfuscated, minified, or generated.
  • It does not download and execute remote code.
  • Every network call, filesystem write, and spawned process is something the description above accounts for.
  • I have the right to publish this code under the license declared in plugin.toml.

Introduces `/qs` launcher prefix to run shell commands in an interactive
terminal. Features dynamic shell completions (Fish/Bash), command
history, user snippets, and directory navigation.
@jinliu

jinliu commented Aug 7, 2026

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The naming could be a bit unfortunate, as older versions of Noctalia is based on Quickshell, and the command name is "qs". So this could lead to confusion.

How about "Shell Command" and "/sh"?

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