Time-saving utility with multiple configuration options that expands text and works with virtually any type of text editor or other application on Windows.
espanso is a free and open source expander app and text editor, developed by Federico Terzi for Windows.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. We've also created some screenshots of espanso to illustrate the user interface and show the overall usage and features of this expanding program.
Full-blown text expander
espanso is a text expanding application that works as an autocomplete program for developers.
No more copy and pasting, create templates once and let Espanso do the rest for you. It works with most applications, so you can boost your productivity everywhere.
Espanso follows a Unix-like configuration philosophy, using simple files and a GUI is planned in the future.
For advanced use-cases, you can extend Espanso’s snippets with shell commands or custom scripts.
Features of espanso
- Automation: Automatically expand abbreviations with a single key press.
- Clipboard: Create expansions based on the content of your clipboard.
- Command Line: Make use of text expansions and macros from the command line.
- Contextual: Create rules to only trigger expansions in specific applications.
- Customizable: Create custom expansions and rules to fit your exact needs.
- Dictionary: Quickly access any word in the built-in dictionary.
- Hotkeys: Assign hotkeys to quickly trigger your expansions.
- Macros: Create powerful macros to automate tasks in any application.
- Multilingual: Use different expansions depending on the language you are using.
- Plugins: Install plugins to expand the functionality of espanso.
- Secure: Ensure your sensitive data is secure with end-to-end encryption.
- Snippets: Create snippets of text to quickly insert into any document.
- Templates: Re-use existing templates to quickly create expansions.
- Themes: Choose from multiple themes to customize the look and feel of the UI.
Compatibility and License
espanso is a free application released under the GPLv3 license on Windows from text editors. With software released under the open source GPLv3 license, anybody can download, install, run and distribute the software with little in terms of restrictions. The latest version we have is 2.2.1 and is available to download here.
What version of Windows can espanso run on?
espanso can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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- espanso Download
- Free Text Editors
- Open source and GPL software
- Expanding Software
