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Lightmorphic Text
Mildenhall, IP28 7DE, United Kingdom
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Free
Free
Free, open-source software · GPL-3.0-or-later
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On the record
- Advanced snippets
- Advanced snippets, including dates, forms, and scripts, are shown as read-only.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Availability
- The app is free and open-source software licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Backups
- Before changing a file, the app saves a dated copy under ~/.local/share/lightmorphic-text/backups.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- The app uses plain Espanso configuration files in ~/.config/espanso.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- Export can save snippets, comments, advanced snippets, and installed packages in one backup file; import does not overwrite existing files.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Integration
- The app fetches Espanso, the text-expansion engine, during first-run setup if needed.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Linux setup
- On Wayland desktops, first-run setup asks once for permission to read the keyboard, and the app says it installs nothing system-wide.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Matching options
- Snippet options include whole-word matching and matching the case typed in the trigger.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Lightmorphic Text provides a graphical way to manage Espanso text-expansion snippets.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Search
- Search matches both snippet triggers and replacement text as the user types.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Snippet editing
- Users can add snippets by entering a trigger and replacement in a form.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The page links to GitHub to report a problem.text.lightmorphic.com · read 11 Oct 2026
