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Supported operating systems

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Works on Windows 10 and later.

Current release and language availability

A few quick facts about the present build and its language support.

Release: version 0.4.1
Interface language: English only

Technical

Title

Espanso

Requirements

Windows

Language

No language has been specified.

Available languages

License

Free

Latest update

2025-12-28

Author

Federico Terzi

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