Top 15 LaunchBar Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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.

Get instant access to applications, documents, contacts, calendars, bookmarks, media libraries, search engines and so much more – just by typing short abbreviations.

It’s a file manager, a web and desktop search tool, an app launcher, a clipboard manager, a jukebox, a calculator, an information browser, … or quite simply a tremendous time saver!

1. dmenu

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

2. 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......

3. 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 •......

4. nDroid

nDroid nDroid is a blazing fast keyboard based application launcher. But not just that, it can open documents, play songs, open browser bookmarks, lookup web references, find torrents, do online searches, find your files .. plus a lot more.nDroid uses an open plugin based infrastructure, so anybody can add to its......

5. grun

grun gRun is a GTK based Run dialog that closely resembles the Windows Run dialog, just like xexec. It has a intelligent history mechanism and a dual level fork() mechanism for launching the application in its own process. gRun also has support for launching console mode application in an XTerm as......

6. Promptu

Promptu Say goodbye to repetitive, time-consuming tasks, like hunting through your programs, folders, files, and bookmarks for the ones you need. Promptu lets you associate meaningful names with programs, folders, files, bookmarks, etc, and access them almost instantly from your keyboard in an intuitive way.Zach Johnson was introduced to SlickRun (another......

7. Slingshot launcher

Slingshot launcher Slingshot is the lightweight and stylish app launcher designed for elementary OS .......

8. 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......

9. Mini Run

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

10. SlickRun

SlickRun SlickRun is a free floating command line utility for Windows. SlickRun gives almost instant access to any program or website. SlickRun allows you to create command aliases (known as MagicWords), so C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe becomes MAIL.Enter a web URL into SlickRun and it will launch your browser and navigate to......

11. Lightning Launcher

Lightning Launcher Lightning is a fast, light and extremely customizable home screen replacement for Android.And it can also be used as the most flexible lock screen replacement !Lightning Launcher eXtreme is the launcher of choice for people who wants a butter smooth, light on memory and tailor-made home screen replacement.This is the......

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. 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......

14. Hexy Launcher

Hexy Launcher Make your home screen a canvas of hexagonal tiles that adapts to your most important apps.Let Hexy organize your home-screen automatically, saving you time when searching for and launching apps. Hexy learns from the way you use apps in order to predict the app you’re most likely to want to......

15. Freebar

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