Flatsonar

Kando

by Simon Schneegans

Do things with utmost efficiency

Dangerous permissions Verified creator MIT v2.3.1
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About

Kando is a cross-platform pie menu for your desktop. It offers an unconventional, fast, highly efficient, and fun way of interacting with your computer! You can use Kando to launch applications, simulate keyboard shortcuts, open files, and much more.

Kando is designed to be used with 🖱️ mouse, 🖊️ stylus, 👆 touch, or 🎮 controller input. However, Kando can also be efficiently controlled with a keyboard.

If you are using Kando on Wayland, some additional setup may be required. For instance, on GNOME you will need to install the Kando Integration extension. You can read more on https://kando.menu/installation-on-linux/. Kando will also tell you this when you start it for the first time.

Permissions

4 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • sandbox escape: can run commands on the host via flatpak-spawn
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • access to operating-system files
    --filesystem=host-os:ro
  • GNOME Shell: screenshots, keybindings
    --talk-name=org.gnome.Shell
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • talks to org.kde.KWin
    --talk-name=org.kde.KWin
  • system tray
    --talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x2)
    source:prebuilt
  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.