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Introducing Crower: A Simpler Way to Run Everyday Commands
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Introducing Crower: A Simpler Way to Run Everyday Commands

DEV Community: ai·Felipe Inoue·5 days ago
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👋 Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday!

I’m excited to share my other project: Crower — a local desktop app that makes it easier to run commands from anywhere.

🔗 Check it out: github.com/fiwon123/crower

💡 The idea behind Crower

Crower is inspired by tools like package managers, Makefile , and package.json . But unlike those tools, Crower isn’t focused on a single project. It’s designed for everyday use: saving commands and automating tasks you repeat often.

For example, maybe you regularly need to:

Run the same command

Open several projects

Set up a project using the same steps

With Crower, you can configure a task once and run it whenever you need:

crower setup

Enter fullscreen mode

Exit fullscreen mode

Or use the shorter command:

cr setup

Enter fullscreen mode

Exit fullscreen mode

Crower can run a more complex command—or a series of steps—through one simple command.

🧰 Why I started building it

On Windows, you can create aliases to access apps from different folders.…

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