If you ever liked tools like Raycast and Alfred, but wanted to own them and tweak them yourself, then SOL is the tool for you. All the affordances of complex tools now made open source.
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Direct Folders Alternatives
Direct Folders is described as 'Access your folders from anywhere' and is a File Search utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Direct Folders for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, File Explorer and Homebrew apps. The best Direct Folders alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Direct Folders are Microsoft PowerToys, Flow Launcher, Launchy and FSearch.
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Mage, originally a Raycast clone, is a lightweight and fast app launcher for Windows, built with Electron, Vite, and Vue 3. It features custom applications, live activities, a modern UI and a batteries-included SDK for developers.
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Indexed search tool enabling file and email discovery across local, shared, and network paths. Supports Office, PDF, and web formats. Outlook integration with preview windows and search result highlights. Features include filters, customizable indexing, and enterprise support.
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Folders Popup lets you move like a breeze between your frequently used folders, documents and links! Have all your favorites at your finger tip - press the middle mouse button to popup your personalized menu.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Windows
- Windows Explorer
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XMenu adds one or more global menus to the right side of the menu bar. They give you access to your preferred applications, folders, documents, files, and snippets. Launch any application, or insert text snippets or URLs into your email messages or Pages documents with a single...
Hotkey-activated desktop toolbar for launching files, folders, and websites, searching online resources, managing notes and reminders, pasting custom text, automating tasks with macros, handling clipboard history, performing calculations, and keeping windows on top.
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Local-first desktop app for Mac offering plain English search across file names, metadata, and document contents. Uses semantic ranking, previews, live indexing, and keeps all processing local for privacy. Optional API-based semantic search can be enabled.
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FlashFolder is an open source tool that extends the file-related common dialogs (e.g. open/save dialog) seen in most Windows applications. A small toolbar docks onto these dialogs that provides menus for quick access to recently-used folders, favorite folders and more.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
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