Alfred Alternatives

Alfred is described as 'Productivity application for macOS, which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords and text expansion. Search your Mac and the web, and control your Mac using custom actions with the Powerpack' and is a very popular application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Alfred for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Alfred alternative is Wox Launcher, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Alfred are Microsoft PowerToys, Listary, Flow Launcher and Vicinae.

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  1. iCliper icon
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    iCliper is the ultimate tool for managing your clipboard. With iCliper, you can access and organize clipboard history across different apps. No more copying and pasting the same text repeatedly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. Mage, originally a Raycast clone, is a lightweight and fast app launcher for Windows, built with Electron, Vite, and Vue 3. It features custom applications, live activities, a modern UI and a batteries-included SDK for developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Apptivate icon
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    A simple, beautiful hotkey manager. Launch applications, execute scripts, run automator workflows and open files or folders. All of this at the press of a key combination. Apptivate 2.0 introduces hotkey sequences, which are simply a sequence of key combinations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4.  2 likes

    Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Numsy icon
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    Numsy is the fastest, most elegant way to perform calculations on your Mac. Designed to sit perfectly in your menu bar, it stays out of your way when you're focused and appears instantly when you need to crunch numbers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. QuickKeyLauncher is a lightweight and fast Windows launcher that lets you open files, folders, and applications instantly using customizable keyboard shortcuts. It provides a simple grid-based interface where you can assign up to 40 items and launch them without navigating...

    53 QuickKeyLauncher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. XMenu icon
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    XMenu adds one or more global menus to the right side of the menu bar. They give you access to your preferred applications, folders, documents, files, and snippets. Launch any application, or insert text snippets or URLs into your email messages or Pages documents with a single...

    83 XMenu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. LaunchPanel icon
     3 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Avant Window Navigator (AWN/Awn) is a dock-like navigation bar for the linux desktop that positions itself at the bottom of the screen. It can be used to keep track of open windows and behaves like a normal window list.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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  10. Brow icon
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    Free all-in-one Mac productivity app that replaces your launcher, clipboard manager, window manager, screenshot tool, and 20+ more utilities.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Salmon icon
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    Salmon - Spotlight for Finder. Powerful search tool for files and folders with support for multiple selection. Powerful @modifiers to filter and sort.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Klu icon
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    Connect your Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Notion, and more, search and ask questions from a single search bar.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
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