Quill

Quill

A free Windows text expander for everything you type twice.

Quill turns short triggers into full text, instantly, and without the fluff of most expander apps. Type a shortcut, get the expansion. But under the hood it's built to handle real, everyday repetition: emails, templated replies, dev shorthand, even values pulled live from your system.

Features

Snippets & triggers

• Instant text expansion on any Windows app, no clipboard required
• Word-boundary matching, so triggers only fire when you mean them to
• Organize snippets into folders and categories
• Global hotkey popup to search and browse all your snippets on demand
• Case-matching: type a trigger in caps or Title Case, get the expansion in the same case

Dynamic content

• Date and time variables in any format you need
• Clipboard variables, so a copied value can drop straight into a snippet
• Form-input snippets: a quick popup asks for one or more values before expanding, perfect for templated messages
• Script variables: run a shell command or script file and insert the live output. Fetch your public IP, a system stat, or anything else a script can produce, right inside an expansion

Smart behavior

• App-scoped snippets, so a shortcut for your code editor won't accidentally fire in Slack
• Submit-on-completion: for quick replies like "Thanks!" or "On my way," Quill can send the message automatically the moment it expands
• Emoji snippet pack included, ready to use out of the box

Portability

• Import and export snippet packs as JSON
• Move your whole setup between machines in seconds, or share packs with others

The details

Quill is completely free and built for Windows. It's currently unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may flag it on first launch. That's expected for an indie app without a paid code-signing certificate, not a red flag on the app itself.

Built solo, out of genuine frustration with typing the same things over and over.