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title: "Espanso"
description: "Cross-platform text expander that replaces triggers with snippets, dates, shell command output and form-driven templates system-wide."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/espanso-vg-0953"
category: "Dev Utilities & Vibe-Coding Tooling"
subcategory: "Text expansion"
license: "GPL"
author: "Federico Terzi (@federicoterzi)"
source: "https://espanso.org"
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# Espanso
Cross-platform text expander that replaces triggers with snippets, dates, shell command output and form-driven templates system-wide.
## Facts
- Source: https://espanso.org
- Category: Dev Utilities & Vibe-Coding Tooling / Text expansion
- Author: Federico Terzi (@federicoterzi)
- Licence: GPL
- Tags: text-expansion, automation, cli, cross-platform, snippets
## Why it's a gem
Shell-command expansions turn it into a keyboard-triggered scripting layer for any app.
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Listed in The Vibeary: https://vibing.inc/library/espanso-vg-0953 · JSON: https://vibing.inc/api/public/library/gems/espanso-vg-0953