Show HN: Plonk – Spotlight Search style Python interpreter

Category: devtools

Tags: python, repl, macos, menu-bar, spotlight-style

Score: 4.8/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 5, Documentation: 4, Utility: 5)

Plonk is a macOS menu bar app that provides a Spotlight-style floating Python REPL triggered by a global hotkey. It persists state between commands and offers meta-commands like reset and clipboard copy, making it a convenient tool for quick Python experiments without leaving the current workspace.

Target audience: backend devs, data engineers

Repository: https://github.com/JosephRedfern/plonk · Swift · MIT · 1 stars

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