kando-menu/kando

Kando is a pie menu for desktop computers, meaning a circular overlay that pops up on screen and lets you pick actions by moving your mouse or stylus in a particular direction. Instead of hunting through nested application menus or remembering keyboard shortcuts, you press a trigger, the circle appears, and you flick toward the option you want. The more you use it, the faster it gets because the positions become muscle memory. You can assign almost any action to a menu item: launching an application, typing a keyboard shortcut, opening a file, running a script, or pasting a text snippet. Everything is configurable through a built-in editor where you drag and drop items into the menu structure you want. You can create as many separate menus as you like and assign different triggers to each one. Kando works on Windows, macOS, and Linux. On Linux, support varies by desktop environment and some setups need extra configuration steps described in the installation guide. It accepts input from a mouse, stylus, touchscreen, or game controller, and can also be operated from the keyboard if preferred. The project is made by a solo developer in Germany who previously built two similar pie-menu tools for Linux only. Kando is the cross-platform successor to those earlier projects. The code is open-source and the developer welcomes contributions through GitHub issues, translation help via the Weblate platform, and financial support through Ko-fi, GitHub Sponsors, or PayPal. Installers are available for all three operating systems from the GitHub releases page. Building from source is also documented for those who want to test unreleased features or contribute code.