Launchy Alternatives

Launchy is described as 'Free Windows and Linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a' and is a leading application launcher in the file management category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Launchy for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, File Explorer and Xfce apps. The best Launchy alternative is Microsoft PowerToys, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Launchy are Flow Launcher, Alfred, Wox Launcher and Keypirinha.

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  1. Gnome Do icon

    Gnome Do

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    GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items.

    100 Gnome Do alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. LaunchBar icon

    LaunchBar

     46 likes

    LaunchBar is a smart and powerful, keyboard driven productivity utility that lets you access and control every aspect of your digital life. Whatever you want to get done on your Mac – with LaunchBar it’s only a few keystrokes away.

    58 LaunchBar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Clipboard History
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    Scherlokk

    Performs high-speed file searches using a proprietary engine across built-in, portable, and network drives, including hidden and non-indexed files, supports detailed result filtering, provides file comparison, hex editing, autosa...

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  6. Filezo icon

    Filezo

     108 likes

    Windows utility for instant access to files, folders, and programs. Indexes and organizes recents, enables tagging, previews, hotkey launching, direct file operations, and integrates project-based file management while reducing reliance on Windows Explorer.

    329 Filezo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Spotlight icon

    Spotlight

     22 likes

    Spotlight is the system-wide desktop search feature built into Apple's OS X operating system since version 10.4 (Tiger). Backed by an index of all items and files on the system, it's designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer...

    118 Spotlight alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. QuickKeyLauncher icon

    QuickKeyLauncher

     3 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Main Window – Shows assigned shortcuts and the keyboard layout for quick launching.
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  10. Rofi icon

    Rofi

     25 likes

    Rofi started as clone of simpleswitcher, written by Sean Pringle a popup window switcher roughly based on superswitcher. Simpleswitcher laid the foundations and therefor Sean Pringle deserves most of the credit for this tool.

    41 Rofi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. ASuite icon

    ASuite

     30 likes

    ASuite is a simple open source portable launcher for Microsoft Windows. Designed to run portable applications, you can start anything runnable (software, documents and other file types) from removable storage media (USB keys, hard drives, iPods, etc.).

    49 ASuite alternatives

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    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
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    dmenu

     22 likes

    dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm. It manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.

    86 dmenu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  14. LaunchyQt icon

    LaunchyQt

     12 likes

    :rocket: Launchy project reactivated. Get the familiar feeling now! - samsonwang/LaunchyQt

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    • Windows
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  15. LaunchNow icon

    LaunchNow

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    Provides an alternative MacOS Tahoe launchpad supporting both Tahoe and classic layouts, customizable through folder creation, icon rearrangement, app search, and full keyboard navigation. Features open-source code, scrolling for pages, and flexible user preferences.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • CN flagChina
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