windows-terminal-quake-prerelease Flyingpie
winget install --id=flyingpie.windows-terminal-quake.prerelease -e Simple program that adds Quake-style drop down to user-specified applications.
Windows Terminal Quake (WTQ) is a tool designed to enable Quake-style drop-down functionality for user-specified applications on Windows 10/11 and KDE Plasma 5/6 (Wayland).
Key Features:
- Adds a customizable, toggleable dropdown interface to almost any application.
- Works seamlessly across multiple monitors and workspaces.
- Configurable hotkeys (default: Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+Q) for quick toggling.
- Transparency levels can be adjusted for a blend of fullscreen or partial screen modes.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for developers, gamers, and power users seeking to streamline their workflow by quickly accessing tools like terminals, file managers, or other applications with a keystroke.
WTQ is easy to install via winget and provides a seamless integration experience across supported platforms.
README
WTQ v2
Enable Quake-style dropdown for (almost) any application.
For Windows 10 & 11, and KDE Plasma 5 & 6 (Wayland only).
Showcase
Windows 10
With Windows Terminal, Double Commander and Process Hacker.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/57372a68-ab69-4cb1-b70d-acf440e5368c
CachyOS - KDE Plasma 6
With WezTerm, Dolphin, System Monitor, KeePassXC and Spotify.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c1b386fc-9026-48d9-87e8-081a26b0ff45
Installation
Also see the documentation
Manual Download (Windows)
See the latest release, and pick a zip.
Scoop (Windows)
scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake/master/scoop/wtq-latest.json
A shortcut is then available named WTQ - Windows Terminal Quake, or you can just run wtq from a command line or Win+R.
WinGet (Windows)
winget install windows-terminal-quake
You can then call wtq from the command line.
After having done that at least once, a shortcut will appear in the start menu, called WTQ - Main Window.
Flatpak (Linux)
TODO
Manual (Linux)
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.
As a 1-liner:
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake/refs/heads/master/linux/install-or-upgrade-wtq.sh)
And the /linux/uninstall-wtq.sh uninstall script.
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake/refs/heads/master/linux/uninstall-wtq.sh)
> [!NOTE]
> The WTQ configuration is not removed by this script. These are usually located at ~/.config/wtq.
Configuration
Also see the documentation
After starting WTQ, an icon will appear in the tray, which has some useful buttons in the context menu:
From there, the settings file can quickly be opened using "Open Settings File".
A JSON schema file should be generated next to the settings file, enabling intellisense-like features in supporting editors:
There's also an GUI available to configure WTQ, through the same context menu - "Open Main Window".
WTQ v1
WTQ started as a companion app to the new Microsoft's Windows Terminal, before a rewrite to v2 that supported other apps as well.
If you're missing a feature from v2, feel free to use v1 instead.
Companion program for the new Windows Terminal that enables Quake-style drop down.
- Runs alongside the new Windows Terminal
- Toggle using CTRL+~ or CTRL+Q (configurable, see below)
- Shows up on the screen where the mouse is (eg. multi-monitor and multi-workspace)
- Transparency
- Configurable as fullscreen, or partial screen
Usage
There are a couple of options:
- Download the latest release from the releases page.
- Clone/download the source and run build.ps1 (uses Cakebuild).
- Clone/download the source and build using Visual Studio.
- Via scoop:
scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake/master/scoop/windows-terminal-quake.json
See the documentation for more settings and information.