<![CDATA[Big news]]>Big news!
I'm launching a tiny Mac app πŸ₯ΊπŸ”πŸ€

It's called TinyStart, and it's a lightweight Launcher and Emoji picker for macOS!

Unlike Spotlight, TinyStart is super fast at showing results and launching apps. It never becomes overcrowded with search results you don't need, and it lets you open URLs, perform web searches with custom search engines, and quickly open folders in Finder.

Oh and yes, I think the Emoji picker is pretty good too. It's everything the default macOS Emoji picker isn't: it's fast, it lets you insert Emojis in any text field, it isn't picky about keywords, and it learns your favorite Emojis over time.

Get TinyStart at https://tinystart.app: it's €5, you pay for it once and future updates are free!

also I made a lil' video to show you what it looks like:

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/6da57d6b-53a8-42c1-a561-d01e050b28d6/big-newsRSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 13:59:00 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2026 17:46:26 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:19:10 GMT]]>@nileane You could make an "export settings" function (and import, of course my 🐴). Just to make things easier for people that use multiple devices

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SavaRocks/statuses/116322097602321868https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SavaRocks/statuses/116322097602321868Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:19:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:16:00 GMT]]>@nileane nice app. Congrats. It was about time somebody made "rofi" and "dmenu" for iOS πŸ˜ƒ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SavaRocks/statuses/116322085143723826https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SavaRocks/statuses/116322085143723826Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:16:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:32:12 GMT]]>@nileane Congrats on the launch 🍾

Well done!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/lucaslove/statuses/116321912937334785https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/lucaslove/statuses/116321912937334785Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:32:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:49:11 GMT]]>@nileane This looks really nice, congrats. I did notice a small issue with the Emoji picker: Enter does not work to insert for me, but ⌘C to copy does work. Perhaps this is because I am still on Sequoia? Also a lot of the math symbols seem to be missing, or is that deliberate?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/whenney/statuses/116321743754122809https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/whenney/statuses/116321743754122809Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:49:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:40:19 GMT]]>@nileane I've tried it and I love it. The emoji picker is sooo fast 🀩

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/trystan/statuses/116321237059985321https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/trystan/statuses/116321237059985321Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:40:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:49:43 GMT]]>@nileane genuinely the app I didn’t know I was looking for. Can’t wait to try this!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/trystan/statuses/116320802122452189https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/trystan/statuses/116320802122452189Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:49:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:55:22 GMT]]>@ellie you're welcome 😊
(and thank youuu)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320588419279396https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320588419279396Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:55:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:16:18 GMT]]>@nileane i was looking for a way to rid myself of raycast. ty :3

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.lol/users/ellie/statuses/116320434785011645https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.lol/users/ellie/statuses/116320434785011645Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:16:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:01:37 GMT]]>@aruizor Thank youu!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320377059816179https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320377059816179Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:01:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:59:26 GMT]]>@nileane Downloading!!! I think it's a wonderful idea! πŸ˜ƒπŸ‘

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/115515165766400917/statuses/116320368507558100https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/115515165766400917/statuses/116320368507558100Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:59:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:42:24 GMT]]>@AnimeAndVisial no, sorryyy
For now it's just apps, links, folders, emojis and web searches

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320301523835634https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320301523835634Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:42:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:41:16 GMT]]>@nileane Does it have a dictionary search like spotlight?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AnimeAndVisial/statuses/116320297066923043https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AnimeAndVisial/statuses/116320297066923043Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:41:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:30:47 GMT]]>@nileane @lwdupont It would be nice if you could somehow choose the location of the settings file so that it could be shared between devices. (I am not complaining about the app, I love it). I am just looking for more flexibility, but I think I can mak this work as both of my Mac have similar apps and folders. Links of course would be universal so if you update on one, you would have to update on the other so that is less optimal. Scope creep is a dangerous thing

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://iosdev.space/users/StewartLynch/statuses/116320255826001724https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://iosdev.space/users/StewartLynch/statuses/116320255826001724Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:30:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:26:01 GMT]]>@StewartLynch @lwdupont They don't, however settings are stored in a plain text file located at: ~/.config/tinystart/settings.toml

You should be able to copy that file between devices (or just the specific lines inside that you wanna transfer over)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320237097300839https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320237097300839Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:26:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:23:39 GMT]]>@nileane very snappy and well done. It replaced Spotlight for me.

Was a long time Launchbar user but some indexing rules kept crashing so I switched back to Spotlight. But the results were often not spot on.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bonn.social/users/dh/statuses/116320227816518371https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bonn.social/users/dh/statuses/116320227816518371Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:23:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:15:12 GMT]]>@nileane
Check out SetApp by MacPaw β€” good exposure, apportioned β€œmilk check” (uncles were dairy farmers).

I get my feet wet with setapp. If used frequently like Commander One, I subscribe.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/DismalManorGang/statuses/116320194587019437https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/DismalManorGang/statuses/116320194587019437Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:15:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:11:25 GMT]]>@nileane @lwdupont This is very cool. Do the settings sync between devices?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://iosdev.space/users/StewartLynch/statuses/116320179692623418https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://iosdev.space/users/StewartLynch/statuses/116320179692623418Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:11:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:01:42 GMT]]>@amxmln oh btw! I just realized there's more to your point number 1: yes! Systemeinstellungen will show System Settings!

This works because Apple's built-in apps have localized names πŸ™‚

(see here I can search for System Settings in French on my Mac)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320141480532565https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320141480532565Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:01:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:01:01 GMT]]>@nileane Can’t imagine how I wouldn’t πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116320138800615445https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116320138800615445Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:01:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:59:37 GMT]]>@nileane Ooooh I’m gonna give this a try asap!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.design/users/gabopsd/statuses/116320133311630751https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.design/users/gabopsd/statuses/116320133311630751Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:59:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:57:53 GMT]]>@nileane Awesome, thanks for the quick reply. 😊

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.design/users/amxmln/statuses/116320126455008472https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.design/users/amxmln/statuses/116320126455008472Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:57:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:56:53 GMT]]>@joethephish thank youuuu πŸ₯Ί
I had a lot of fun making this cute landing page

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320122523883789https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320122523883789Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:56:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:56:12 GMT]]>@amxmln Thanks!

1. Not localized yet. I would love to get to it at some point. But if I do it, I wanna do it well. Do note though that the emoji picker already lets you search for emojis in a handful of languages beyond just English! (including German)

2. I think that's out of scope yeah.

3. Buy once, use on all your machines!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320119840322114https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nileane.fr/users/nileane/statuses/116320119840322114Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:56:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Big news on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:54:24 GMT]]>@nileane looks fantastic, looking forward to trying it. Also that website is delightful?? Somehow the charm and whimsical aesthetics along with the price make it feel very persuasive!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/joethephish/statuses/116320112740429738https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/joethephish/statuses/116320112740429738Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:54:24 GMT