Albert Alternatives

Albert is described as 'C++/Qt based desktop agnostic keyboard launcher that helps you to accomplish your workflows in a breeze. Its goals are usability and beauty, performance and extensibility' and is a popular application launcher in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Albert for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and iPad apps. The best Albert alternative is Vicinae, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Albert are Alfred, Raycast, Keypirinha and Wox Launcher.

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  1.  2 likes

    Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu.

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    • Linux
     
  2. LaunchPanel icon
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    LaunchPanel is a completely FREE application that allows you to quickly launch applications, open files and folders.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  3. Catapult allows you to easily launch apps, open files and do basic calculations with a keyboard-driven user interface. Custom plugins and themes can be loaded dynamically.

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    • Linux
     
  4. Unleash.so icon
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    Your productivity level just sprouted wings. Find what you need easily, across your cloud services from one place. Formerly known as ChaseApp.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. iBar icon
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    iBar is like Spotlight but for the web — jump to any page in your browser history in a couple of keystrokes.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  6. Application launcher, developed with sway and Hyprland in mind, but should also work with other wlroots-based Wayland compositors.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    This code provides the MenuStart plugin to nwg-panel. It also may be used standalone, however, with a little help from command line arguments.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
     
  8. Rocket is an application launcher for KDE Plasma. It sorts all of your applications in a horizontal grid alphabetically, so you will always find what you are looking for at first glance. No more menu navigation, only scrolling.

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    • Linux
    • KDE
     
  9. Xstarter icon
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    Terminal-based application launcher for Unix-like systems.

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. Smartclip icon
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    Smartclip is a versatile tool designed to streamline workflows by offering quick access to various utilities through a user-friendly interface. Similar to popular application launchers like Apple's Spotlight, Celebro, and Albert, Smartclip goes beyond basic search functions...

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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