A fast emoji and Unicode symbol picker for Linux built with GTK4 and Python.

Browse, search, and copy emojis, symbols, emoticons, arrows, currency signs, mathematical symbols, and more from a lightweight overlay window.

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Features

• Fast emoji and Unicode symbol search
• Search by name, keywords, aliases, and Unicode values
• Sidebar navigation for multiple built-in collections
  • Emojis
  • Emoticons
  • Arrows
  • Mathematical symbols
  • Currency symbols
  • Special symbols
  • Hieroglyphs
• Category and subcategory browsing
• Instant clipboard copy
• Collection selection from the command line

Installation

Arch Linux

yay -S omniglyph

OR

Installer Script

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pshycodr/omniglyph/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Launch

omniglyph

Open a Specific Collection

omniglyph --emoji
omniglyph --emoticons
omniglyph --arrows
omniglyph --math
omniglyph --currency
omniglyph --special
omniglyph --hieroglyphs

Building from Source

Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/pshycodr/omniglyph.git
cd omniglyph

Install Dependencies

uv sync

Run Development Version

uv run glyph/main.py

Build Release Binary

source .venv/bin/activate
./scripts/build.sh

Output:

out/omniglyph.bin

Requirements

• Python 3.13+
• GTK4
• Libadwaita
• uv
• PyGObject
• Nuitka

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Credits

Built by pshycodr

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