Flatsonar

Artha

by Sundaram Ramaswamy

The Open Thesaurus

Broad permissions Flathub reviewed GPL-2.0-or-later v1.0.5
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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.