andreibachim / shortcut

Make desktop files

Shortcut

Description

Shortcut is an desktop app made using Rust, GTK4 and Libadawaita that can easily create .desktop files. It is specifically designed to visually integrate with the GNOME desktop environment.

Installing

Build from source code

Requirements

• Minimum Rust version > 1.70 - check it by running: rustc -V
• Minimum GTK version > 4.10 - check it by running pkg-config --modversion gtk4
• Minimium Libadwaita version > 1.3 - check it by running pkg-config --modversion libadwaita-1

Roadmap

The roadmap for adding features includes:

• Expert mode - create .desktop files following the full Freedesktop specification
• Editing existing .desktop files
• Integrate with a translation API to automatically generate localized values for keys