Search that understands you
Find emoji by name or everyday keywords like fire, party or rocket. Search spans every category and updates as you type.
Wayland Built for GNOME on Wayland
Your emoji. One shortcut away.
A tiny, keyboard-first emoji picker that stays out of your way. Press Ctrl + ., search, hit Enter, then paste into any app.
$ pip install mojify- Fully offline
- No telemetry
- Native GTK
- MIT licensed
CopiedReady to paste with Ctrl + V
Try it: search, use the arrow keys, or click an emoji.
Why Mojify
Wayland changed the rules. Mojify plays by them.
Wayland intentionally blocks apps from typing into other windows, so pickers that fake keystrokes break. Mojify takes the secure path: it copies your emoji to the clipboard, and you paste it exactly where you choose.
The brittle way
Synthetic keystrokes
Tools like xdotool and ydotool try to type the emoji for you. They fight the desktop security model and fail across Wayland apps.
The Mojify way
Clipboard first
Mojify copies your choice with wl-copy. You stay in control of where it goes: your terminal, browser, editor or chat app.
Get started
Two commands. One tiny upgrade.
Install the Wayland clipboard helper, then grab Mojify from PyPI. GTK3 already ships with a standard Ubuntu GNOME desktop.
Install the clipboard helper
Mojify uses wl-copy from wl-clipboard to put the emoji on your clipboard.
$ sudo apt install wl-clipboardInstall Mojify from PyPI
One small Python package with the emoji set bundled in.
$ pip install mojifyLaunch it
Run it once to try it, then bind it to a shortcut so it is always one keystroke away.
$ mojifyRequirements
- Ubuntu or another GNOME desktop
- A Wayland session
- Python 3.8 or newer
Picker will not start?
On a stripped-down system, install GTK3 and PyGObject. If you installed with pip install --user, make sure ~/.local/bin is on your PATH.
$ sudo apt install python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0
Features
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Built to feel native, launch quickly, and disappear the second the job is done.
Your recents, remembered
Your most-used emoji stay one tab away, saved locally in your XDG state directory.
Keyboard from start to finish
Open, search, move with the arrow keys and press Enter to copy, or Escape to dismiss without picking.
Native GTK, tiny footprint
Built with GTK3, already present on Ubuntu GNOME. No Electron shell and no heavy runtime.
Made for your desktop
Add Mojify to the GNOME app grid, search and dock with mojify --install-desktop, and remove it just as easily.
Scriptable
--list prints every bundled emoji for your own tools, --stdout prints the pick instead of copying, and --no-notify skips the notification.
How it works
Three beats. That's it.
Summon, find, paste. No category hunting and no extra windows.
Press your shortcut
A small floating search window appears in the middle of the screen, always on top.
Type what you mean
Search by emoji name or a natural keyword, or browse a category tab.
Enter, then paste
The picker closes instantly and the emoji is on your clipboard, ready for any app.
One last step
Make it yours.
Bind Mojify to a GNOME custom shortcut so it is there whenever you need it.
- Open SettingsKeyboardView and Customize Shortcuts
- Scroll to Custom Shortcuts and add a new one.
- Set the command to
mojify. If that does not work, use the absolute path fromwhich mojify. - Press Ctrl + . as the shortcut, then click Add.
Give your keyboard a little more personality.
Free and open source under the MIT license. No tracking. Just emoji.