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- High value/low effort: hot-reload, frecency pruning, :recent, clipboard images
- Medium effort: universal actions, plugin settings UI, result capture
- Bigger bets: window switcher, cross-device sync, natural language, plugin marketplace
- Technical debt: meval→evalexpr, API compat, per-plugin config

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# Owlry Roadmap
Feature ideas and future development plans for Owlry.
## High Value, Low Effort
### Plugin hot-reload
Detect `.so` file changes in `/usr/lib/owlry/plugins/` and reload without restarting the launcher. The loader infrastructure already exists.
### Frecency pruning
Add `max_entries` and `max_age_days` config options. Prune old entries on startup to prevent `frecency.json` from growing unbounded.
### `:recent` prefix
Show last N launched items. Data already exists in frecency.json — just needs a provider to surface it.
### Clipboard images
`cliphist` supports images. Extend the clipboard plugin to show image thumbnails in results.
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## Medium Effort, High Value
### Actions on any result
Generalize the submenu system beyond systemd. Every result type gets contextual actions:
| Provider | Actions |
|----------|---------|
| Applications | Open, Open in terminal, Show .desktop location |
| Files | Open, Open folder, Copy path, Delete |
| SSH | Connect, Copy hostname, Edit config |
| Bookmarks | Open, Copy URL, Open incognito |
| Clipboard | Paste, Delete from history |
This is the difference between a launcher and a command palette.
### Plugin settings UI
A `:settings` provider that lists installed plugins and their configurable options. Edit values inline, writes to `config.toml`.
### Result action capture
Calculator shows `= 5+3 → 8`. Allow pressing Tab or Ctrl+C to copy the result to clipboard instead of "launching" it. Useful for calculator, file paths, URLs.
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## Bigger Bets
### Window switcher with live thumbnails
A `windows` plugin using Wayland screencopy to show live thumbnails of open windows. Hyprland and Sway expose window lists via IPC. Could replace Alt+Tab.
### Cross-device bookmark sync
Firefox and Chrome sync bookmarks across devices. Parse sync metadata to show "recently added on other devices" or "bookmarks from phone".
### Natural language commands
Parse simple natural language into system commands:
```
"shutdown in 30 minutes" → systemd-run --user --on-active=30m systemctl poweroff
"remind me in 1 hour" → notify-send scheduled via at/systemd timer
"volume 50%" → wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 0.5
```
Local pattern matching, no AI/cloud required.
### Plugin marketplace
A curated registry of third-party Lua/Rune plugins with one-command install:
```bash
owlry plugin install github-notifications
owlry plugin install todoist
owlry plugin install spotify-controls
```
The script runtimes make this viable without recompiling.
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## Technical Debt
### Replace meval with evalexpr
`meval` depends on `nom v1.2.4` which will be rejected by future Rust versions. Migrate calculator plugin and Lua runtime to `evalexpr` v13+.
### Plugin API backwards compatibility
When `API_VERSION` increments, provide a compatibility shim so v3 plugins work with v4 core. Prevents ecosystem fragmentation.
### Per-plugin configuration
Current flat `[providers]` config doesn't scale. Design a `[plugins.weather]`, `[plugins.pomodoro]` structure that plugins can declare and the core validates.
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## Priority
If we had to pick one: **Actions on any result**. It transforms every provider from "search and launch" to "search and do anything". The ROI is massive.