An AI prompt manager for Linux
Prompt Petal is an AI prompt manager, and it runs on Linux. Your saved prompts sit in a flower in the tray. Select some text, open the flower, pick a petal, and the instruction goes into the chat box you were using.
Desktops it runs on
Prompt Petal works on Ubuntu, Fedora and other Linux desktops, on both X11 and Wayland. The flower lives in your tray, and you can open it with a shortcut.
Open it from a shortcut
The command prompt-petal --open opens the flower. Bind it to a system shortcut in your desktop settings and the flower opens wherever you are.
- Open your desktop's keyboard shortcut settings.
- Add a custom shortcut and set the command to prompt-petal --open.
- Choose the keys you like and save.
- Press the keys in any app to open your petals.
Start at login and keys in the keyring
Turn on Start at login in Settings, General, and the flower is waiting in the tray when your session begins. Sign in details and keys are stored in your system keyring, the same place your desktop keeps its other passwords.
Typing and paste
On X11, Prompt Petal pastes into the app you were using and can give each app its own set of petals. On Wayland, typing and paste go through wtype or ydotool, and on X11 through xdotool. Install the tool for your session and petals land where your cursor is.
The same petals everywhere
Free holds five prompts you write and edit. Pro holds as many as you like and keeps them in sync with Prompt Petal on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. A prompt written on your Linux desktop is waiting on your phone keyboard.
Get it from promptpetal.com/download.
What you can do with petals
Select a paragraph in your editor, open the flower, and pick a petal such as Make this shorter. The finished instruction goes into your AI app's chat box with your selection included. The same steps work in a browser, a terminal chat or a desktop client.
Pro adds per-app petals on X11, so your browser shows your writing prompts while your terminal shows your coding prompts. Groups let one petal open into its own set of petals.
Getting started
- Download the Linux build from the download page.
- Make the file runnable and open it.
- Find the flower in your tray and click it.
- Install xdotool, wtype or ydotool for your session if you want typing and paste to work.
- Add a keyboard shortcut for the command Prompt Petal shows in Settings, and turn on Start at login.
Questions people ask
Does it work on Wayland? Yes, with wtype or ydotool installed for typing and paste. Does it work on X11? Yes, with xdotool, and X11 also gives you per-app petals. Where are my sign in details kept? In your system keyring. Do my petals follow me to other devices? With Pro they do, on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android as well. Is it free to try? Free holds five prompts you write and edit, enough to set up your most used prompts before you decide on Pro.