Blazingly fast, blissfully simple, incredibly powerful keyboard-driven commands for your Mac
Call up Lacona by pressing a key, then type whatever you want to do. Lacona provides intelligent suggestions as you type and then follows your orders.
Open apps, play music, find files, send texts, create reminders, search the web, schedule events, translate phrases, do math, define words, make calls, change your settings, and so much more, without learning any new commands.
You have stuff to get done. Don't waste time clicking the dock and juggling tabs a thousand times a day. Let Lacona handle that, so you can spend time on the things that matter.
You're not a robot. You don't have time to memorize complicated commands. Lacona understands plain English, in all its complexity, so you can focus on getting stuff done.
You're a power user. Don't settle for a launcher that just opens things. Schedule events, make calls, play music, change your settings and so much more without stopping what you're doing.
You're an individual. Your tools should work your way. Lacona has many useful Addons, and can control social media and connected devices with IFTTT, so you can accomplish anything you need to.
Lacona is a new way of interacting with your computer, so every feature has been carefully designed. Lacona's understanding of your command is beautifully highlighted, clearly but subtly labeled, and given iconography where appropriate. The style integrates with the macOS theme, so it always feels like it belongs.
The result is a beautiful, effortless experience that gives you the power you want without ever breaking your focus from the work that you need to do.
Lacona is built to be extended. A powerful Node.js-based API allows developers to easily create, useful new commands and extend existing ones, without any knowledge of natural language processing.
If you want to get involved, read the Addon Documentation, and get help on the Gitter Chat. Some Scholarships are available for aspiring developers.
Anyone can use Addons, but each use will incur a brief delay until you purchase Lacona Pro.
You can trigger IFTTT applets straight from Lacona.
This means that the entire internet is open to you. Post to social media, control your connected lights and appliances, manage your wearables, and more... right from Lacona. The possiblities are literally endless, but you should check out some examples.
IFTTT functionality provided by the IFTTT Addon. Learn how to use it.
Here are some of the things that Lacona can do for you.
Lacona is faster than Spotlight for finding and launching your stuff. Your time is valuable, don't waste it with subpar tools.
If you want to open something, don't worry about finding the right box to type it - Lacona can handle it all.
You'll never need to see the Google homepage again. Search any search engine straight from Lacona.
Specify dates and times any way you like - Lacona understands plain English. It also understands dates defined in your Contacts, such as "remind me to plan a party 2 weeks before Mom's birthday."
Search through your iTunes music and effortlessly play songs by name, artist, album, or genre. You can also specify many items to create an impromptu playlist.
Don't bother reaching for your phone - communicate straight from Lacona. Lacona understands when you type your contacts, and also when you enter phone numbers & email addresses directly.
When you need to do a quick sum, or make sense of the units a recipe, Lacona has your back.
Look up dictionary words without even opening an app.
Open Google Translate to translate phrases and websites.
Sometimes you just need to open that image in Photoshop, or that bookmark in Firefox. Lacona has you covered.
Ditch the drag-and-drop. Do your basic file management from anywhere with Lacona.
Don't even think about touching the Dock. Lacona has you covered.
Every once in a while, you still do need to use Finder. When that happens, use Lacona to get started.
Lacona knows the contents of your clipboard, so it can make intelligent suggestions. Copy a web address, then easily open it in Safari. Copy an unknown word, and effortlessly define it.
If you've got your browser open, Lacona knows the current page, which makes it easy to translate or open in a different browser. Likewise, if you have Finder open, you can effortlessly move files into the open directory.
Manage Bluetooth, Wifi, Do Not Disturb, and more. You can set a time limit on all of these settings, so you'll never forget to change them back.
Shutdown, restart, sleep, lock, log out, empty the trash, turn off the display, and more. No need to memorize hotkeys for things like this.
Safely remove mounted USB Drives. This also works on those pesky .dmg files.
Log into your GitHub account to easily manage your Repos straight from Lacona.
No more jiggling the mouse during Netflix. Give your computer a dose of caffeine when you won't be touching it for a while.
Did you know that Siri for Mac can't set alarms or timers? Lacona can!
Convert between every major global currency with the latest exchange rates.
Don't rely on your jetlagged brain to figure out what time it is back home - let Lacona do that for you.
Create new notes in Notes.app, and add lines to existing notes. Perfect way to keep logs or shopping lists.
Managing wireless headphones and microphones is truly the worst. Lacona makes it effortless.
Don't boot up Terminal to run a one-off command - run it straight from Lacona. This is especially convenient if you have Finder open - the command runs in the current directory by default.
Trigger any of the built-in system AppleScript commands - or any that you've written yourself - straight from Lacona. Unparalleled control of your computer.
Stop asking your coworkers to give you a call when you misplace your phone - trigger IFTTT to call you.
Stop bookmarking websites that you need to look at later - effortlessly maintain a reading list with Pocket or Instapaper.
Do you ever want to post to Twitter or Facebook without getting sucked in and wasting time. Do it straight from Lacona, distraction-free.
Add entries to Todoist using Lacona's full date and time parsing magic. Nothing compares.
Control any connected device that works with IFTTT, without taking your hands off the keyboard.
Quickly keep a log of what everything that happens without breaking your focus from your work.
Make your Ubi talk directly from Lacona. This is useful for something other than pranks, I promise.
Instantly send one-off messages when you need to keep your coworkers in the loop.
Lost your keys? If they have an XY Findable attached, make them beep straight from Lacona.
Turn off the heat in an instant without even taking your fingers off the keyboard.
Are you a hacker? Control your projects that use Adafruit, MESH, littleBits, and more. There is no better way to give your project a powerful natural language interface.
Lacona and its hundreds of features are free to use forever. Using Addons will incur a brief delay until you purchase Lacona Pro.
What are you waiting for?