Top 15 Flashlight Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

The missing plugin system for Spotlight. Flashlight is an app that supercharges OS X's built-in search. Check the weather, search the web, send an iMessage, find an emoji — all by typing in the search box. With more than 70 plugins, you can do anything on your Mac in just a few keystrokes.

1. FCorp My Quick Launch

FCorp My Quick Launch Faster access to your favorite files, folders, programs, etc.......

2. Alfred

Alfred Alfred is a quicklaunch application for Mac OS X, which aims to save you time in searching your local computer and the web.......

3. Freeter

Freeter Being a freelancer or a creative you have to do lots of repetitive actions, such as launch editing tools, open project files, navigate to a task manager, and so on. Such actions take just a small slice of your time and energy. But when you have to repeat the actions......

4. True Launch Bar

True Launch Bar True Launch Bar is the unlimited version of the Free Launch Bar.True Launch Bar is a Superior replacement for the standard Quick Launch bar. All functions presented in Quick Launch are also in True Launch Bar. However, the True Launch Bar is fully compatible with Quick Launch because it uses......

5. FastKeys

FastKeys All in One Windows Automation software. Fully configurable Start menu, Shortcuts, Text Expander, Auto Complete and Mouse Gestures. User-defined commands to run files, open webpages, send macros or automate anything. Incredibly powerful but yet simple to use. START MENU - Create a fully configurable menu to start any activity on......

6. keystarter

keystarter Keystarter 1.0 - this software can automate your keyboard, joystick, or mouse movements. you are able to make 3d button icons with autohokey command scripts. These buttons can: send text, send keystroke (shortcuts) combinations [without focus the windows], run a application or run any kind of batch scripting languages. you......

7. j4-dmenu-desktop

j4-dmenu-desktop j4-dmenu-desktop is a replacement for i3-dmenu-desktop. It's purpose is to find .desktop files and offer you a menu to start an application using dmenu. Since r2.7 j4-dmenu-desktop doesn't require i3wm anymore and should work just fine on about any desktop environment.You can also execute shell commands using it.......

8. Freebar

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

9. 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......

10. 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......

11. 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......

12. 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 •......

13. Qsel

Qsel Qsel is a "launcher" for frequently used programs, documents and web links.— Create any number of categories with individual launcher window settings— Easy configuration of launcher windows using drag&drop— Switch categories: click on category title opens popup menu; back to previous (stacked)— Access to options and configuration through context......

14. PStart

PStart PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Designed to run portable applications, you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or removable disks.......

15. Hoekey

Hoekey HoeKey is a lightweight portable application that helps you create user-defined hot key combinations that control a wide variety of Windows functions from launching programs to modifying windows.......