alfred-open-in-ide

Open in IDE Alfred Workflow

This workflow opens directories in your integrated development environment (IDE) of choice using fuzzy search. Supported IDEs include:

• Cursor
• VS Code
• JetBrains Webstorm

[!IMPORTANT] Before using this workflow make sure your IDE terminal command is installed, available in $PATH, and you can open directories/files directly from terminal. e.g. cursor ~/dev/myproject.

Installation

NPM

npm install -g alfred-open-in-ide

Github releases

• Download the latest release from the releases page
• Double-click the downloaded .alfredworkflow file to install
• Alfred will prompt you to import the workflow - click "Import"

Usage

Configuration

• Open Alfred Preferences
• Go to the Workflows tab
• Find "Open in IDE" in your workflows list
• Click the workflow to open its settings
• Click the "Configure" button to open the configuration panel

In the configuration panel, you can:

• Projects Directory: Set the path to your projects directory using glob patterns. For example:

  • ~/Projects/* - All directories in your Projects folder
  • ~/Projects/*/* - All directories and their immediate directories in your Projects folder
  • ~/Projects/{project1,project2} - Specific projects

• IDE Selection: Choose your preferred IDE from the dropdown menu. Available options:

  • Cursor (default)
  • Visual Studio Code
  • WebStorm

Activation

Once configured the Alfred keyword will match the name of your chosen IDE (cursor, code, or webstorm). Open alfred, type the name of your chosen IDE followed by a space, now begin typing the name of the directory/project you want to open.

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20 or later
• pnpm 10 or later
• Alfred 5 or later

Setup

• Clone the repository:

  git clone https://github.com/jackw/alfred-open-in-ide.git
  cd alfred-open-in-ide
  

• Install dependencies:

  npm install
  

  [!Note] This will also install the workflow in Alfred.

• Start development mode:

  npm start
  

Building

To build the workflow for distribution:

pnpm build

Testing

Run the test suite:

pnpm test

Contributing

• Fork the repository
• Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
• Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
• Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
• Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Thanks

This workflow wouldn't exist without these awesome projects:

• https://github.com/sindresorhus/alfy
• https://github.com/vivaxy/alfred-open-in-vscode
• https://github.com/leeoniya/uFuzzy