Built-in commands
Applications, quick search, calculator, files, window management, system controls and Windows settings.
Pivit ships with nine plugins enabled out of the box. Each can be turned off, renamed in colour, and configured individually under Settings → Plugins.
Applications
Finds and launches anything installed. Start typing a name — obsi, vsc, chr — and the app is the top result. Applications are indexed in the background, so something installed a minute ago is findable a minute later.
Quick Search
Two commands and a bookmark system.
- Search Internet sends your query to your chosen engine. Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, Brave and Ecosia are built in, or point it at a custom URL.
- Open URL recognises when what you typed is an address and opens it.
Bookmarks turn your own sites into commands. Under Settings → Plugins → Quick Search, add a bookmark with a name and a URL:
- Give it a bang and typing
!ghjumps straight to it. - Put
%sin the URL and the bookmark becomes a search —https://github.com/search?q=%sturns!gh effect tsinto a GitHub search.
Calculator
Answers appear as you type, no Enter required.
| You type | You get |
|---|---|
(78-34)*60 | 2,640 |
2kg to grams | 2,000 grams |
when is next easter | Sun, 28 Mar 2027 |
It handles arithmetic, unit conversion and date questions — durations between dates, "3 weeks from friday", holiday lookups.
Files
Searches your machine by filename and lets you browse folders inside the bar.
Pivit keeps a local index so searches answer instantly rather than walking the disk each time. Under Settings → Plugins → Files:
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Index the whole disk | Off | Includes system and application folders, ranked below your own files |
| Fast NTFS indexing | — | Uses the NTFS journal for much faster indexing on supported drives |
| Hidden and system files | Off | Mostly machinery rather than anything you saved |
| Additional folders | — | Index a second drive or a projects directory as well as your home folder |
| Excluded folders | — | Never indexed and never returned, including everything inside them |
If results ever look stale, run Rebuild File Index.
Every file result has an actions menu: open, open with, browse, reveal in Explorer, copy, copy path, rename, move, send to recycle bin, delete, open in terminal, or add to the AI assistant's context.
Window Management
Moves the focused window without touching the mouse.
- Close, minimise, maximise, restore
- Restore Last Window — brings back the window you just closed out of the way
- Snap to left, right, top or bottom half
- Snap to any of the four quadrants
- Centre the window
These are the commands most worth giving a shortcut of their own, or a slot on the Pivit Wheel.
System
Direct hardware and session controls: Toggle Mute, Increase / Decrease Brightness, Toggle Wi-Fi, Toggle Bluetooth and Lock Screen.
Windows Settings
Opens any Windows Settings page by name, so you can get to Bluetooth or Display without navigating the Settings app.
AI Chat
Ask AI sends what you typed straight to the assistant, Open AI Chat opens the full conversation view, and Analyse Screen hands the assistant what is currently on screen. See The AI assistant.
Pivit
The app's own controls: Open Settings, Connect Apps, Reload Plugins, Check for Updates, Restart Pivit and Quit Pivit.