Shift

Restore your entire workflow in seconds, not minutes.
A cross-platform workspace launcher built for developers, designers, and power users.

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What is Shift?

Shift is a native, lightweight workspace launcher that lets you define collections of apps, websites, and folders — and launch them all at once with a single keyboard shortcut.

Instead of manually reopening every tool after a reboot, meeting, or context switch, Shift restores your full environment in seconds. It lives quietly in your system tray, consuming less than 15 MB of RAM, ready whenever you need it.

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✨ Features

Feature	Description
🚀 One-Click Workspace Launch	Open a full set of apps, browser tabs, and folders simultaneously
⌨️ Dual Global Shortcuts	Summon the quick Launcher (Ctrl+Shift+Space) or focus the full Dashboard (Ctrl+Alt+Enter) from anywhere
🔍 Raycast-Style Command Bar	A sleek, floating command palette appears above all windows — no context switching needed
🎯 Zero-Lag Tray Daemon	Runs in the background at <15 MB RAM — minimizes to tray on close
🖥️ Native OS Integration	Auto-detects installed apps (.desktop on Linux, Start Menu on Windows, /Applications on macOS)
🧙 First-Run Setup Wizard	Step-by-step onboarding for a perfect first experience
🎨 Theme Engine	Choose between Light, Dark, or System mode with a custom accent color
📤 Import / Export	Backup and share your workspace profiles via .shift files
🔄 Over-The-Air Updates	Get notified and update the app from within the UI via tauri-plugin-updater
🔒 Single-Instance Guard	Prevents duplicate windows; re-focuses the existing window if launched twice

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🎬 How It Works

Define  ──►  Configure  ──►  Launch  ──►  Background
  │               │             │              │
  │          Set a global    One click     Minimizes to
  │          shortcut key    or shortcut   system tray
  │                                        <15 MB RAM
  └── Apps, URLs, Folders grouped into one Workspace

1. Create a Workspace — group the apps, URLs, and folders that belong to a specific context (e.g., "Work", "Side Project", "Gaming").
2. Set Your Shortcuts — configure global hotkeys for both the Launcher and Dashboard independently.
3. Launch Instantly — press your shortcut from anywhere; Shift opens everything in the right order.
4. Stay in the Tray — close the window and Shift keeps running silently, always ready.

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📦 Installation

🐧 Linux / 🍎 macOS — Quick Install (Recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DzarelDeveloper/Shift/main/install.sh | bash

Update

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DzarelDeveloper/Shift/main/update.sh | bash

Uninstall

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DzarelDeveloper/Shift/main/uninstall.sh | bash

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🪟 Windows — Quick Install (Recommended)

Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Invoke-Expression (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DzarelDeveloper/Shift/main/install.ps1" -UseBasicParsing).Content

Troubleshooting: If you see 'git' is not recognized, Git is not installed. Run the following, then re-open PowerShell and try again:

winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget

Update

Invoke-Expression (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DzarelDeveloper/Shift/main/update.ps1" -UseBasicParsing).Content

Uninstall

Invoke-Expression (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DzarelDeveloper/Shift/main/uninstall.ps1" -UseBasicParsing).Content

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📥 Manual Download

Download the latest pre-built binary directly from the Releases Page.

Platform	Format	Notes
🐧 Linux	.AppImage	Universal — run directly, no install needed
🐧 Linux	.deb	For Debian / Ubuntu
🐧 Linux	.rpm	For Fedora / RHEL
🪟 Windows	.exe (NSIS installer)	Recommended for most users
🍎 macOS	.dmg	Universal binary (Intel + Apple Silicon)

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🛠️ Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js v20+
• Rust (stable toolchain)
• Tauri v2 prerequisites for your platform

Local Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/DzarelDeveloper/Shift.git
cd Shift

2. Install frontend dependencies

npm install

3. Start in dev mode (hot-reload for both frontend & backend)

npm run tauri:dev

Build for Production

npm run tauri:build

Output bundles are placed in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	React 19 + TypeScript + Vite
UI Styling	Vanilla CSS + Tailwind CSS v4
Animations	Motion (Framer Motion)
Backend	Rust + Tauri v2
Native APIs	tauri-plugin-global-shortcut, tauri-plugin-updater, tauri-plugin-fs, tauri-plugin-autostart

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/my-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'feat: add my feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/my-feature
5. Open a Pull Request against main

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for full guidelines, and DEVELOPMENT.md for architecture details.

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📄 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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👤 Author

Muhamad Dzarel Alghifari

• GitHub: @DzarelDeveloper

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🔗 Links

• 🏠 Releases
• 🐛 Issue Tracker
• 📖 Development Guide
• 🤝 Contributing Guide
• 🔀 Pull Requests

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Made with ❤️ using React & Tauri