Built-in Features

Volt comes with 14 built-in plugins on the frontend and 3 backend plugins for system-level operations. All are enabled by default and can be toggled in Settings.

Calculator

A full-featured calculator that handles math, unit conversions, date calculations, and timezone conversions.

2 + 2           → 4
sqrt(16)        → 4
10^3            → 1,000
(50 + 25) / 3   → 25
sin(45)         → 0.7071067812
100 * 1.15      → 115

10km to miles       → 6.21 miles
50F to C            → 10°C
100lbs to kg        → 45.36 kg
5 gallons to liters → 18.93 liters

days until christmas    → 253 days
date + 30 days          → May 16, 2026
days between 01/01 and 12/31  → 364 days

time in Tokyo       → 2:30 AM JST
3pm EST to PST      → 12:00 PM PST
time in London      → 6:30 PM GMT

Emoji Picker

Search and insert emojis with the : prefix.

:wave       → 👋
:fire       → 🔥
:thumbsup   → 👍
:rocket     → 🚀

• Browse by category with a visual grid
• Recent emojis appear first for quick access
• Skin tone variations supported
• Press Enter to copy the emoji to clipboard

Web Search

Search the web with the ? prefix. Supports multiple engines.

?best coffee maker     → Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo results
search weather paris   → Search all engines
google react docs      → Google search

Triggers: ?, search , web , google , bing , ddg

Press Enter to open the selected search engine in your default browser.

Timer

Full Pomodoro timer with natural syntax and auto-cycle support.

timer 25m       → Focus session
timer 5m        → Short break
timer 1h30m     → Custom duration
timer 90        → 90 minutes (plain number)
timer 1:30      → 1 hour 30 minutes

Modes:

• Flexible parsing — 5m, 1h30m, 90, 1:30 all work
• Auto-cycle — focus → short break → focus, automatically
• Desktop + audio notifications when each session ends
• Persists across hide/show — timers keep running in the background
• Multiple concurrent timers supported

Shell Commands

Run shell commands inline with the > prefix.

> ls                → List files
> git status        → Git status
> npm run build     → Run a build

• Streaming output — see results line-by-line in real time
• ANSI colors — 16 colors + bright, bold, dim, italic, underline
• Kill with Ctrl+C, re-run last command with !!, search history with !prefix
• Frecency history — 500 entries, smarter results over time
• 50 KB max output cap to keep results readable
• Configure timeout, working directory, and history size in Settings

Clipboard History

Access and search your clipboard history.

clipboard       → Show clipboard history
clip search     → Search clipboard entries

• Full-text search across all clipboard entries
• Pin important items to keep them at the top
• Delete individual entries
• Persistent storage — history survives restarts
• Clipboard monitoring can be toggled in Settings

Snippets

Text expansion with dynamic variables. Create reusable text templates.

snippets        → Browse all snippets
snippet new     → Create a new snippet

Variables

Snippets support dynamic variables that expand on execution:

Example snippet: Meeting notes - {date} {time} expands to Meeting notes - 2026-04-16 14:30.

Manage snippets via Settings or the snippets command.

Game Scanner

Automatically detects installed games from multiple platforms.

Supported platforms (10):

• Games appear in search results alongside apps
• Shows a Game badge for easy identification
• Launch directly from Volt

System Commands

Quick system actions accessible by typing their name:

System Monitor

Monitor system resources in real-time with per-component granularity.

system          → Show full system dashboard

• Per-core CPU — individual usage per core + frequencies
• Per-disk — mount points, file systems, SSD/HDD classification
• Network — RX/TX throughput per interface, history, aggregated totals
• Top processes — top 5 by CPU + top 5 by RAM with process names
• Temperatures — CPU package, GPU, and sensors with critical thresholds
• System uptime
• Powered by the native sysinfo Rust crate for accurate metrics

Quicklinks

Create custom shortcuts to frequently used apps, files, URLs, or folders.

ql:add     → Add a new quicklink
ql:list    → List all quicklinks
ql:remove  → Remove a quicklink

• Add via Settings → Quicklinks or using the ql:add command inline
• URLs, folders, and shell commands are all validated on creation
• Appear alongside app results with high priority
• Custom icons and descriptions

Window Management

Snap, resize, and arrange windows directly from Volt.

window left      → Snap active window to left half
window right     → Snap active window to right half
window center    → Center on current monitor
window maximize  → Maximize active window
window restore   → Restore default size

Available actions: left/right half, top/bottom half, quarter splits, center, maximize, restore, and move-to-monitor.

Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux through the native window manager.

AI Chat

Talk to an LLM provider directly from Volt — no context switch needed.

ai how do I parse JSON in Rust?
chat write a regex for emails
?ai explain quantum tunneling

• Configure your provider (OpenAI / Anthropic / local) in Settings → Integrations
• Conversation history kept per-session
• API keys stored locally; never transmitted to Volt servers
• Streaming responses appear inline

Notes

A lightweight note-taking plugin with full-text search.

notes              → Browse all notes
note new meeting   → Create a new note titled "meeting"
note search regex  → Search notes

• Markdown supported, plain-text by default
• Notes persist to a single JSON store
• Indexed for instant search through hundreds of notes
• {date}, {time}, {clipboard} variables on new-note creation

Developer Tools

Quick utilities for developers — UUID generation, hashing, encoding, JSON formatting, color picking, and more.

uuid                  → Generate a random UUID v4
hash md5 hello        → Compute MD5/SHA-1/SHA-256
base64 hello world    → Encode/decode base64
url encode a b c      → URL encode/decode
json {"a":1}          → Pretty-print JSON
color #ff5722         → Show color, RGB, HSL
lorem 50              → Generate Lorem Ipsum

Press Enter to copy the output to your clipboard.

Backend Plugins (Rust)

These plugins run natively for maximum performance:

Backend plugins handle operations that require native OS access — clipboard monitoring, registry reading, file system scanning — and expose results to the frontend via Tauri IPC commands.

Frecency Ranking

Volt learns from your usage patterns using a frecency algorithm (frequency + recency):

• Apps you launch often rank higher
• Recently used items get a temporary boost
• The boost decays over time, so stale results fade
• Pin items to lock them at the top regardless of frecency

This means Volt gets faster and more personalized the more you use it.

Next Steps