Listary Alternatives for Mac

Listary is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Alfred, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Listary and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Listary are Wox Launcher, DocFetcher, ueli and Tuna.

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  1. Alfred icon
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    Alfred is a productivity application for macOS, which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords and text expansion. Search your Mac and the web, and control your Mac using custom actions with the Powerpack.

    182 Alfred alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  2. Wox Launcher icon
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    Wox is an open-source launcher for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It keeps local search, keyboard-first actions, and an extensible plugin system in one focused input.

    86 Wox Launcher alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  3. DocFetcher icon
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    DocFetcher is an Open Source desktop search application: It allows you to search the contents of files on your computer. — You can think of it as Google for your local files. The application runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, and is made available under the Eclipse Public License.

    142 DocFetcher alternatives

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    • Linux
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  4. ueli icon
     78 likes

    Developed with the Electron framework, ueli is the type of tool that adopts simplicity, leaving out any unnecessary options and configuration settings. It creates an icon in the system tray at startup, where it sits silently throughout its runtime, without disturbing you with...

    98 ueli alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Tuna icon
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    Modern macOS launcher with native Swift implementation, offering Fuzzy, Leader, Text, and Talk modes, modal interface, extension support, no subscription required, free version with soft limits, and one-time unlock for full features for customizable workflow.

    64 Tuna alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  6. Cerebro icon
     61 likes

    Cerebro is an open source and free electron-based productivity software alternative to Alfred and Spotlight. It is focused on speed and good UI and UX. In most cases you don't even need to open another application, because you can see results right in Cerebro, like google...

    82 Cerebro alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Quickly fuzzy search system, hidden, or dotfiles using keyboard navigation, then preview, copy paths, batch rename, or run custom scripts. Supports exclusion rules, minimal UI, Quick Filters, and power user features for efficient macOS file management.

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    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  8. Tinycast icon
     6 likes

    Lightweight native macOS launcher offering fuzzy search, app pinning, visible running apps, inline calculation and conversion, searchable clipboard history for text and images, per-app custom hotkeys, no telemetry, minimal resource use, and open-source simplicity.

    58 Tinycast alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  9. Hister icon
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    Your own search engine. Hister turns the pages you visit and the files you keep into a private, full content search index that you control.

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    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Docker
    • Nix Package Manager
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  10. AI-powered assistant centralizing all data by searching files, folders, and cloud apps, creating custom automations, interacting with emails, calendars, and web, offering document summarization, organization, and content generation tools.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. BeaconFind icon
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    Semantic desktop search finds files, emails, and photos by meaning, running AI models locally on Windows. Supports 70+ file types, OCR image search, 50+ languages, instant document previews, AI chat, duplicate detection, and encrypted, private indexing.

    41 BeaconFind alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  12. Quick macOS file searching with substring, prefix, suffix, exact, and path-mixed patterns, case-sensitive or regex search modes, instant language switching, keyboard shortcuts, Quick Look previews, Finder integration, clipboard copy, and open-source code.

    65 Cardinal File Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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