ImOpen

A keyboard-driven launcher for Windows. Live in the system tray, press Ctrl+Win+I, type a short key sequence, and open a file or folder instantly.

Built with Dear ImGui, Vulkan, and Win32.

Features

• Global hotkey (Ctrl+Win+I) to summon the launcher
• Short key sequences for fast navigation — no mouse required
• Shortcuts stored in %APPDATA%\a.knight\ImOpen\Shortcuts.json
• CLI interface to add shortcuts from context menus or scripts:

  ImOpen.exe AddShortcut "C:\path\to\something"
  

• Configurable icon size, window width, and height via ImOpenSettings.json

Prerequisites

• Windows 10/11
• Vulkan SDK — VULKAN_SDK environment variable must point to the installation
• MSVC (Visual Studio 2022 toolchain)

Building

Builder (command line)

# Debug
3rdparty/Builder/bin/builder.exe build.cpp --config=ImOpen

# Release
3rdparty/Builder/bin/builder.exe build.cpp --config=ImOpen --release

# Incremental (skip unchanged files)
3rdparty/Builder/bin/builder.exe build.cpp --config=ImOpen --incremental

Output goes to bin/debug/ImOpen.exe or bin/release/ImOpen.exe.