Top 15 GNOME Launch Box Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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+ 2.6, evolution-data-server 1.2 and gnome-menus. These are currently hard dependencies but the plan is to split out the backends into different optional backends.

1. Shortcut Customizer

Shortcut Customizer Shortcut Customizer is a tool to create shortcuts for files (image, music, movie), bookmarks and many others on your home screen. You can customize your original shortcut by changing its title and icon.Even better, you don't need to do any complicated operations as you can create shortcuts easily in just......

2. Tray Commander

Tray Commander Tray Commander is a tray launcher that lets you gain quick access to your most frequently used applications and system commands via a customizable menu. Not only can you open applications and files, but also launch screen savers, shutdown, reboot your computer and much more, all from the system tray!......

3. Dock

Dock In OS X, the Dock is used as a repository for any program or file in the operating system. It can hold any number of items and resizes them dynamically to fit while using magnification to clarify smaller resized items. By default, it appears on the bottom edge of the......

4. Switchr - App Switcher

Switchr - App Switcher Switchr is a well designed and well polished app with a simple, yet practical function that allows users to access their running apps quickly and conveniently.Switchr has three different styles (Flow, Slide, and Arc) each with it's own way of displaying recent or running apps. With live switching, you can......

5. Mini Run

Mini Run A handy tool to start application by keyboard.......

6. Quick Access Popup

Quick Access Popup The freeware Quick Access Popup (QAP) lets you move like a breeze between your frequently used folders, documents, applications, web pages and much more!Save thousands of clicks while browsing your favorite folders in windows explorer or file dialog boxes. Launch your most used applications, documents or web sites instantly with......

7. Advanced Run

Advanced Run Advanced Run is a replacement for a standard Windows Run dialog. Advanced Run allows you to run any program, run any command line command, open and edit and print documents on behalf of any user account without switching between user accounts. Sercurity Profile feature provides a way to restrict unwanted......

8. Advanced Launcher

Advanced Launcher Advanced Launcher is a completely free award-winning toolbar and tray launcher.It can show several fully customizable toolbars at a time. When you click a toolbar button it can either run an application (open a document) or show multilevel customizable menu. Menus can also show contents of folders (e.g. Programs folder......

9. Freebar

Freebar A free and improved clone of the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar.......

10. QRun

QRun QRun a simple, easy and free application launcher......

11. TurboLaunch

TurboLaunch TurboLaunch is a fully configurable tool-bar style application that can be set up to run many programs and perform certain pre-programmed actions. Like a toolbar, pictures are used to distinguish what a button is configured to do. TurboLaunch automatically uses the default icon, but you have complete control and can......

12. BarLaunch

BarLaunch BarLaunch is a program launcher which starts up the program. It is a convenient tool to start the program quickly. BarLaunch has a lot of customizing.Button type launcher which lines up icon on bar. Convenient program launcher The program and the associated file can be opened only by clicking the......

13. Butler

Butler Butler's purpose is to make it easier for you to perform different — potentially recurring — tasks. Butler lets you arrange these tasks in its fully customizable configuration. There, you can assign one or more triggers to a task.Triggers:• menu bar/docklet • pop-up menus • abbreviations • hot keys •......

14. App Search Plus

App Search Plus Lightweight, optimized and fast way to search installed apps by name on Android.Features:Really fast app search.That's about it! This app does one thing, and hopefully, you'll find that it does it well.App Search is small, lightweight and not bogged down by features you'll never use.Have lots of apps on your......

15. LaunchIt

LaunchIt LaunchIt is an Android application similar to the likes of QuickSilver for Mac, Launchy for Windows, and GnomeDo for Linux. It allows you to quickly find information on your Android device, such as Applications, Bookmarks, Contacts, Media and more.......