Windows Terminal Quake is a tool designed to enable Quake-style dropdown access for almost any application. This innovative utility allows users to toggle applications with customizable hotkeys, such as Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+Q (configurable), creating a seamless and efficient workflow.
Key Features:
Cross-platform support for Windows 10/11 and KDE Plasma 5/6 (Wayland only).
Toggleable apps with customizable hotkeys.
Quake-style dropdown interface for quick access to terminal emulators or other applications.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for developers, terminal users, and power users seeking a distraction-free way to manage multiple applications. It provides an efficient and intuitive method to switch between contexts without disrupting productivity.
This tool is available via winget installation, ensuring easy setup and integration into your workflow.
README
WTQ v2
Enable Quake-style dropdown for (almost) any application.
For Windows 10 & 11, and KDE Plasma 5 & 6 (Wayland only).
Purist open source, but takes a bit longer to install and has a bit more (build-time) dependencies.
yay -S wtq
or
paru -S wtq
Flatpak (Linux)
Since WTQ only supports KDE Plasma on Linux, it's not a great fit for Flathub.
As an alternative, you can use the Flatpak remote hosted on the sister repository.
It uses the Flatter GitHub Action for building the Flatpak itself, and everything is hosted on GitHub Pages.
> [!NOTE]
> Requires webkit2gtk-4.1 to be installed
See the /linux/install-or-upgrade-wtq.sh script that downloads the latest version of WTQ, installs it to ~/.local/share/wtq, and creates a wtq.desktop file.
