Top 15 Launchy Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Launchy is a 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 few keystrokes.

1. RecentX

RecentX RecentX gives you fastest access to your files, folders, programs, websites and also clipboard history in Windows. What's special is that it automatically remembers your recent and favorite items so that you can access them faster than searching all the files, folders etc. You can assign tags to all of......

2. Deskbar-Applet

Deskbar-Applet The goal of Deskbar-Applet is to provide an omnipresent versatile search interface. By typing search terms into the deskbar entry in your panel you are presented with the search results as you type.Searches are handled by a series of plugins. Deskbar-Applet provides a simple interface to manage these plugins to......

3. Find And Run Robot

Find And Run Robot FARR also lets you quickly run web searches, send email, manipulate files, control on-screen windows, and much more. Build and share custom commands or install plugins to add tons of new features, like live search features for your clipboard history and your internet bookmarks; a popup a calculator with history......

4. kupfer

kupfer Kupfer is a command tool heavily inspired by Quicksilver; you do not use it to search your files, you use it to summon an application or document quickly by typing the first parts of its name. Kupfer is written using Python and has a flexible architecture. Objects that it can......

5. Keypirinha

Keypirinha Keypirinha is a semantic launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows.It is a very fast and generic tool hand-crafted with love by a nerd for nerds that allows to execute any kind of task using your keyboard only, by typing a small fraction of its name. May it be to start......

6. Hain

Hain Hain is an ALT + SPACE launcher for Windows that looks and works similar to Alfred .FEATURESSearching Executable files us very fast with Fuzzy MatchingPlugins in Pure JavaScript......

7. Spotlight

Spotlight 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, including documents, pictures,......

8. Yal

Yal Yal - Yet Another LauncherYet Another LauncherYal can help you speed up the way you interact with your Windows based PC.You can easily access your favorite programs, documents, even browser bookmarks.You don't even have to type their full name. Yal can usually tell what you actually want, without expecting many......

9. Gnome Do

Gnome Do GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items.GNOME Do is inspired by Quicksilver & GNOME Launch Box .......

10. Enso Launcher

Enso Launcher Enso is dead simple to use. You just hold down the Caps Lock key and type an Enso command, which is displayed in a translucent overlay. Once the command is typed, you simply release the Caps Lock key to activate it, and the overlay disappears. If you type fast, it......

11. multibar

multibar Multibar helps you organize your programs, files and folders. It allows you to find the information you need in a blink of an eye either over the internet or on your PC. It arranges all commonly used files and programs in a convenient and easy-to-use way. Multibar is smart, secure......

12. LaunchOne

LaunchOne LaunchOne is a keyboard Launcher similar to Launchy . It allows you to start applications and documents via keyboard using completion on EVERY arg (major lack of Launchy).......

13. Index Your Files

Index Your Files Index Your Files allows you to search through all your files or folders on local or networked drives without remote admin rights (as necessary for the similar app "Everything"). Searching can be done by name, date, size, location etc., and boolean operators are available to to perform multiple keyword searches.......

14. DocFetcher

DocFetcher DocFetcher 1.1 is a portable German/English Open Source desktop search application. It allows you search the contents of documents on your computer. - You can think of it as Google for your local document repository.......

15. CoolPlayer

CoolPlayer Blazing Fast Audio Player for Win32 Environments. Features: GNU General Public License Freeform Skins Simple User Interface Advanced Playlist editor Internet streaming ID3 Multitagger File Renamer Fast mp3->wav converter MAD mpeg engine OGG Vorbis support Winamp input plugins support Smallest executable programmed in blazing fast 'C' Continuous play 8 band......