Salmon Alternatives

Salmon is described as '- Spotlight for Finder. Powerful search tool for files and folders with support for multiple selection. Powerful @modifiers to filter and sort' and is a File Search utility in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Salmon for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Salmon alternative is Vicinae, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Salmon are Raycast, Alfred, Listary and Wox Launcher.

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  1. An open-source clipboard manager for macOS featuring ultra-lightweight local storage, searchable history, instant hotkey access, OCR for extracting text from images, developer-friendly large snippet support, bookmarks for favorites, and no cloud syncing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. A modern application launcher for KDE Plasma, inspired by macOS Launchpad, COSMIC, and Pantheon.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
  3. Promptzy icon
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    Every AI tool you use (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Windsurf) has its own prompt and skill management. But they're completely siloed. Your prompts in Cursor don't travel to Claude Code. Your skills in one tool don't show up in another.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Finda icon
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    Finda finds things — windows, browser tabs, code editor buffers, browser history, apps, files, etc. — in under 16 milliseconds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Layr icon
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    Clipboard history for macOS, currently available as a public beta.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Copy-paste nicely styled text to apps like GMail and Google Docs without learning new shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. PastePlop icon
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    Your clipboard, but a grid. Hit a keyboard shortcut, see everything you've ever copied, file the keepers into categories, paste with a click.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9.  Like

    Launcher/menu program for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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