Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows

8start launcher has been discontinued. Similar apps include Alfred, which has a free version. Other options are Listary, Keypirinha, ueli and Fluent Search. There's no shortage of Application Launchers like 8start launcher, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad.

Skylight is an experimental keyboard launcher. It lets you quickly find and open anything on your computer or the web. Start apps, documents or search websites with a few keystrokes, it even learns from your habits.




Tray Commander is a multifunctional utility that lets you launch your frequently used programs, files, folders and documents directly from the system tray. It adds a single icon to the tray which, when clicked, displays a customizable menu that contains the shortcuts you...


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...


Launch applications and system tools, Control Panel items, folders on your computer, and website addresses using simple key combinations.

Typhoeus Hotkeys is an application that runs in your taskbar at all times, you can create "Hotkeys" which you can use in seconds by using your keyboard. Each hotkey is linked to a file, program or website and when activated opens the required object instantly saving...



PortAL is very light portable software launcher which is based on hotkeys, menus and system tray icons.


[Last update was released on 05 Oct 2007, but you can download it from Softpedia.com on http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/LaunchTab.shtml ]


Colibri combines the raw power of the command line with the intuitive nature of a modern graphical user interface to define a revolutionary new way of managing your computer.


File/Folder Launcher (FFLauncher) is a simple, very easy to use application specially designed to help you launch files and folders.

AddToRun is a small utility that will allow you to open any file or application from the Start Menu's Run Command dialog box (WIN+R). It has a very simple interface which will allow you to select a file and assign it an alias or friendly name.

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.
