Flow Launcher icon
Flow Launcher icon

Flow Launcher

 63 likes

Dedicated to make your workflow flow more seamlessly. Aimed at being more than an app launcher, it searches, integrates and expands on functionalities. Flow will continue to evolve, designed to be open and built with the community at heart.

Flow Launcher screenshot 1

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Windows
4.9 / 5 Avg rating (12)
63likes
8comments
0news articles

Features

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Properties

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

Features

  1.  Application Launchers
  2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  3.  File Search
  4.  Indexed search
  5.  Portable
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  Dark Mode
  8.  Works Offline
  9.  No registration required
  10.  Built-in viewer
  11.  No Tracking

Flow Launcher News & Activities

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    POX added Flow Launcher as alternative to Quick App Launcher
    9 days ago
  • flounderingeel added Privacy focused as a feature to Flow Launcher
    12 days ago
  • flounderingeel liked Flow Launcher
    13 days ago
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    OpenSourceSoftware added Flow Launcher as alternative to Linux-Assistant
    about 1 month ago
  • RealScientist247 reviewed Flow Launcher  
    about 1 month ago

    Flow Launcher is by far the best launcher to Windows and offers the Alfred experience that Mac users have had on mac for years. Admittedly, it takes more effort to setup how you like the first time and if you use Everything indexing as well it takes a little extra effort but compared to other solutions this is still the most streamlined and runs very well. The only criticism is for non technical people it might be difficult to work with the settings menus. Also its open source which is huge.

  • RealScientist247, mounta11n and ikashnitsky liked Flow Launcher
    about 1 month ago
  • App icon
    Fenn added Flow Launcher as alternative to Fenn
    about 2 months ago
  • PredatorQ liked Flow Launcher
    2 months ago
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Flow Launcher information

  • Developed by

    Unknown
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.9 (12 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    38 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

File ManagementOS & Utilities

GitHub repository

  •  9,548 Stars
  •  361 Forks
  •  239 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 23, 2025 
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Our users have written 8 comments and reviews about Flow Launcher, and it has gotten 63 likes

Flow Launcher was added to AlternativeTo by humantool83 on Oct 29, 2020 and this page was last updated Jan 11, 2023.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Shaz Shah
Jun 5, 2024
1

This is my new go-to after using Keypirinha as an alternative to Alfred. The interface for Flow Launcher can be themed and comes with a curmudgeon of plugins to activate. It's buttery smooth, looks pleasant and much easier to configure than Keypirinha (you have to play with the INI files).

My wishlist for improvement:

  • A snippets plugin like the ones you get in Alfred and Keypirinha
  • Configurable text expansion
  • Customisable search engines (e.g. search between DuckDuckGo, Ecosia etc) - rather than installing plugins.
Nick Scientist
Mar 23, 2025
0

Flow Launcher is by far the best launcher to Windows and offers the Alfred experience that Mac users have had on mac for years. Admittedly, it takes more effort to setup how you like the first time and if you use Everything indexing as well it takes a little extra effort but compared to other solutions this is still the most streamlined and runs very well. The only criticism is for non technical people it might be difficult to work with the settings menus. Also its open source which is huge.

Tarnish
Feb 12, 2025
0

As much as I'd like to switch over to Flow Launcher, the one thing still making me stick to Listary is its File Explorer and Total Commander integration.

Being able to type in the desired file or folder location when downloading or opening a file or jumping to a certain folder in Total Commander is convinience one does not want to give up, and sadly Flow Launcer (as far as I've seen) does not have it, even with the Explorer plugin.

meroacount03_avi
Oct 19, 2024
0

various useful plugins . easy to setup.

TBayAreaPat
Aug 31, 2024
0

Listary is my primary launcher, but I wanted something for bookmarks so I installed Flow.Launcher.. and I'm well pleased, though I find myself using Flow.Launcher as a convenient Google searcher more.

Serious Goose
May 12, 2024
0

Best launcher on Windows, very customizable and a large extension collection. A great open source project.

brezanac
Nov 23, 2023
1

Currently Flow Launcher is probably the best option when it comes to balance between making a launcher customizable on one end and easy to use on another. A very healthy plugin ecosystem and support for Everything file indexer is what makes it even better. Open source too.

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What is Flow Launcher?

Launch apps with greater control, search files effortlessly and extend features with community plugins. Fast and fluid productivity tool of choice that helps your workflow. - Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher

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