Albert Alternatives

Albert is described as 'C++/Qt based desktop agnostic keyboard launcher that helps you to accomplish your workflows in a breeze. Its goals are usability and beauty, performance and extensibility' and is a popular application launcher in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Albert for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, KDE Plasma and BSD apps. The best Albert alternative is Vicinae, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Albert are Raycast, Alfred, Wox Launcher and Keypirinha.

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Albert alternatives page was last updated Aug 20, 2026

Lychi
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Fast, keyboard-driven launcher for Linux — local-first, open source, with an optional AI agent that can't act without your consent.
10 Lychi alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
India
Platforms
Linux
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fsel
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Fsel (fast select) is a fast TUI app launcher and fuzzy finder for GNU/Linux and *BSD, that's a fork of gyr
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Platforms
Linux
BSD
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