kdoitall
26.4k lines of code · large island
KDE Plasma workspace automation — define a workspace once, then open and arrange every application across screens and virtual desktops with one command.
Overview
kdoitall automates workspace management on KDE Plasma. Define a workspace as a collection of applications, assign each one a screen, virtual desktop, and window position, then open and close the entire workspace with a single command. Individual windows can also be manipulated on the fly without defining a workspace.
Highlights
- Multi-screen, multi-desktop — place windows on specific screens and virtual desktops, on both Wayland and X11.
- 28 window position presets — fullscreen, halves, thirds, quadrants, and finer splits via config.
- Application registry — auto-detects installed applications from
.desktopfiles. - Custom launch functions — per-application launch behavior through an app-definitions system.
- Database-driven state — SQLite-backed tracking of workspaces, applications, and window state.
Engineering notes
Built as a disciplined Bash project: versioned releases with a changelog, a test suite, contribution guidelines, and a documented architecture — proof that shell projects can be maintainable software, not just scripts.