Gnome Do Alternatives

Gnome Do is described as 'GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items' and is a very popular application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Gnome Do for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, KDE Plasma and File Explorer apps. The best Gnome Do alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Gnome Do are Flow Launcher, Vicinae, Raycast and Alfred.

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  1. Launch Box is generally an application launcher. It's very influenced by Quicksilver for Mac OSX. Remember that this is only a first release so don't get your hopes up too much. Launch Box is written for the GNOME 2.10 platform and depends on GTK+ 2.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Namely icon
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    Namely is possibly the fastest way to open applications. And unlike some other launchers, it doesn't require any learning.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3.  Like

    Launcher that uses a terminal with a modified bash session.

    Bashrun2 is the second generation version of bashrun, an application launcher running a modified bash session in a small terminal window, providing all the well known bash features like tab-completion and history. Addi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
     
  5.  2 likes

    Fling is a simple, flexible, safe and powerful search tool you can download free (without any limitations or annoyances). If you search the web often for information or downloadable files you will enjoy Fling. Here is how it works.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6.  3 likes

    Tired of digging into crowded Start Menu? JetStart offers you a quick access to categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs and system commands.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. KFind icon
     6 likes

    KFind can be used as a standalone search tool, launched by KRunner or from your menu. It is also integrated into Konqueror as "Find File" in the "Tools" menu. It allows you to find files by name, type or content.

    17 KFind alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
  8. Typhoeus Hotkeys is an application that runs in your taskbar at all times, you can create "Hotkeys" which you can use in seconds by using your keyboard. Each hotkey is linked to a file, program or website and when activated opens the required object instantly saving...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Office Search icon
     3 likes

    Search inside Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio), Libre Office, Rich Text Format and text/ASCII files (TXT/CSV/MD/source codes etc.).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. gnome-search-tool is a utility for finding files on your system. To perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename, with or without wildcards. To refine your search, you can apply additional search options.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
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