Albert Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Albert for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Ulauncher, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Albert and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Albert are Cerebro, Gnome Do, Rofi and EverythingToolbar.

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Albert is a 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.

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Albert alternatives page was last updated Nov 23, 2024
  1. Catapult Launcher icon
     3 likes

    Catapult allows you to easily launch apps, open files and do basic calculations with a keyboard-driven user interface. Custom plugins and themes can be loaded dynamically.

    19 Catapult Launcher alternatives
    Catapult Launcher screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Launcher
    Catapult Launcher iconAlbert Icon

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  2. Smartclip icon
     2 likes

    Smartclip is a versatile tool designed to streamline workflows by offering quick access to various utilities through a user-friendly interface. Similar to popular application launchers like Apple's Spotlight, Celebro, and Albert, Smartclip goes beyond basic search functions...

    3 Smartclip alternatives
    Smartclip with its 6 base plugins

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    5.  Reminders
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Launcher
    9.  Emoji search
    Smartclip iconAlbert Icon

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  3.  6 likes

    Mutate is a simple launcher inspired by Alfred for Ubuntu.

    56 Mutate alternatives
    Mutate screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Mutate Features

    1.  Launcher
    Discontinued

    The last commit to the GitHub repo was on November 5th, 2015.

    Albert Icon

    Mutate VS Albert

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  4. Application Finder icon
     2 likes

    The Application Finder is a program to find and launch installed applications on your system, and quickly execute commands.

    45 Application Finder alternatives
    Application Finder screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    Application Finder Features

    1.  Dashboard
    Application Finder iconAlbert Icon

    Application Finder VS Albert

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    Terminal-based application launcher for Unix-like systems.

    30 Xstarter alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Works Offline
    Albert Icon

    Xstarter VS Albert

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  6. Rofi for Wayland icon
     Like this app

    This is a fork of Rofi with added support for Wayland via the layer shell protocol.

    31 Rofi for Wayland alternatives
    Rofi for Wayland screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Rofi for Wayland Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Window Switching
    Rofi for Wayland iconAlbert Icon

    Rofi for Wayland VS Albert

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  7.  Like this app

    Tiny dynamic menu for Wayland.

    25 tofi alternatives
    tofi screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    Albert Icon

    tofi VS Albert

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  8. nwg-drawer icon
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    Application launcher, developed with sway and Hyprland in mind, but should also work with other wlroots-based Wayland compositors.

    52 nwg-drawer alternatives
    nwg-drawer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No Tracking
    nwg-drawer iconAlbert Icon

    nwg-drawer VS Albert

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  9. Rocket App Launcher icon
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    Rocket is an application launcher for KDE Plasma. It sorts all of your applications in a horizontal grid alphabetically, so you will always find what you are looking for at first glance. No more menu navigation, only scrolling.

    36 Rocket App Launcher alternatives
    Rocket App Launcher screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE

    Rocket App Launcher Features

    1.  Kde support
    Rocket App Launcher iconAlbert Icon

    Rocket App Launcher VS Albert

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    Launcher/menu program for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway.

    54 wofi alternatives
    wofi screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    Discontinued

    This project is not being actively maintained. It does still receive some updates from time to time but nothing frequent.

    Albert Icon

    wofi VS Albert

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  11.  Like this app

    This code provides the MenuStart plugin to nwg-panel. It also may be used standalone, however, with a little help from command line arguments.

    51 nwg-menu alternatives
    nwg-menu screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    nwg-menu Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    Albert Icon

    nwg-menu VS Albert

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