Artha
by Sundaram Ramaswamy
The Open Thesaurus
About
Artha is a handy off-line thesaurus based on WordNet with distinct features like global hotkey look-up, passive desktop notifications, regular expression based search, etc.. Artha may be used as a free open-source replacement to the proprietary WordWeb Pro.
GNOME Shell: Install the "AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support" extension from the Extensions Manager, or the tray icon and application window will not be visible.
Features:
- Hotkey look-up from inside any window
- Passive notifications for seamless workflow
- Spelling suggestions for a misspelled word
- Powerful regular expressions based search
- Volume and speed adjustment
Permissions
1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.
- X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
--socket=x11 - inter-process communication (needed for X11)
--share=ipc - GPU acceleration
--device=dri - owns bus name org.artha.unique
--own-name=org.artha.unique
Who publishes this
On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.
- fetches from wordnetcode.princeton.edu over unencrypted http: anyone on the path can swap the bytes
source:insecure-url - on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the 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.