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kando-menu/kando

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Node.js#cross-platform#electron#gestures#linux

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
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Start here

Website ↗kando.menuThe project's own site.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

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Download for macOS

Kando 3.0.1 · 10/25/2026 ↗

Kando-3.0.1-arm64.dmg

dmg · Apple Silicon · 154.8 MB · 4,665 downloads · best match

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/kando-menu/kando/releases/download/v3.0.1/Kando-3.0.1-arm64.dmg"
open "Kando-3.0.1-arm64.dmg"

Other macOS downloads (3)

Kando-3.0.1-x64.dmg

dmg · Intel · 160.8 MB · 589 downloads

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/kando-menu/kando/releases/download/v3.0.1/Kando-3.0.1-x64.dmg"
open "Kando-3.0.1-x64.dmg"

Kando-darwin-arm64-3.0.1.zip

zip · Apple Silicon · 154.2 MB · 42 downloads

Download

If it contains an .app, move it to Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/kando-menu/kando/releases/download/v3.0.1/Kando-darwin-arm64-3.0.1.zip"
unzip "Kando-darwin-arm64-3.0.1.zip"

Kando-darwin-x64-3.0.1.zip

zip · Intel · 160.3 MB · 36 downloads

Download

If it contains an .app, move it to Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/kando-menu/kando/releases/download/v3.0.1/Kando-darwin-x64-3.0.1.zip"
unzip "Kando-darwin-x64-3.0.1.zip"

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Parts list

1×Node.js 22runtime
1×npm package manager

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Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: src/main/backends/linux/wlroots/native/CMakeLists.txt, src/main/backends/linux/x11/native/CMakeLists.txt, src/main/backends/macos/native/CMakeLists.txt, src/main/backends/windows/native/CMakeLists.txt

package.json scripts (13)

postinstallcmake-js compile
startelectron-forge start
packageelectron-forge package
makeelectron-forge make
linteslint .
tschecktsc --noEmit
prettierprettier --check src
formatprettier --write src
testmocha --require ts-node/register/transpile-only "test/unit-tests/**/*.spec.ts"
test:e2eplaywright test
i18nnpm run i18n:extract && npm run i18n:types
i18n:extracti18next-cli extract
i18n:typesi18next-cli types

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.github/workflows/checks.yml

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

.github/workflows/deploy_to_winget.yml

.github/workflows/test_deploy.yml

.node-version

CMakeLists.txt

README.md

docs/development.md

package.json

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