Fly-Pie AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Application Launchers

The best Application Launcher alternative to Fly-Pie is Listary, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Fly-Pie and 17 are Application Launchers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Application Launcher alternatives to Fly-Pie are Keypirinha, Quicksilver, Gnome Do and Charmstone.

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:pie: Fly-Pie is an innovative marking menu written as a GNOME Shell extension. - GitHub - Schneegans/Fly-Pie: Fly-Pie is an innovative marking menu written as a GNOME Shell extension.

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Fly-Pie alternatives page was last updated Feb 15, 2025
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  1. Listary icon
    Listary icon

    Listary

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    Listary is a revolutionary search utility for Windows that makes finding your files and launching applications blazing fast, for casual and power users alike!.

    111 Listary alternatives
    Global Search

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • File Explorer
    Web Search
    Listary screenshot 2
    +1
    General Settings

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Fast file and folder search
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Integrated Search
    4.  File Search
    5.  Application Launchers
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Full-Text Search
    9.  Quick Switch
    10.  Content Searching
    11.  Portable
    12.  Fuzzy Finder
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    • Listary is the most popular Windows alternative to Fly-Pie.

    • Listary is the most popular free alternative to Fly-Pie.

    • Listary is Freemium and ProprietaryFly-Pie is Free and Open Source
    • Listary is LightweightFly-Pie is not according to our users
  2. Keypirinha icon
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    Keypirinha

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    A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable). Extensible with Python3 plugins.

    154 Keypirinha alternatives
    smart search

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    customizable interface
    math expressions evaluator
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    base converter

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Launcher
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Application Launchers
    5.  File Search
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Calculus solving
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  4. Quicksilver icon
    Quicksilver icon

    Quicksilver

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    Quicksilver is a fast and free macOS productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly.

    89 Quicksilver alternatives
    Quicksilver screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Quicksilver Features

    1.  Quick search
    2.  Launcher
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    • Quicksilver is the most popular Mac alternative to Fly-Pie.

    • Quicksilver is the most popular Open Source alternative to Fly-Pie.

    • Quicksilver is Free and Open SourceFly-Pie is also Free and Open Source
  5. Gnome Do icon
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    Gnome Do

     177 likes
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    GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items.

    86 Gnome Do alternatives
    Gnome Do screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Gnome Do Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    Gnome Do screenshot 1
    Gnome Do screenshot 2
    Discontinued

    The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 0.95.3, released on November 2014, can be still downloaded from Launchpad.

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    • Gnome Do is the most popular Linux alternative to Fly-Pie.

    • Gnome Do is Free and Open SourceFly-Pie is also Free and Open Source
  6. Charmstone icon
    Charmstone icon

    Charmstone

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    The quicker switcher launcher for macOS.

    12 Charmstone alternatives
    Charmstone screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Charmstone screenshot 1
    Charmstone iconFly-Pie Icon

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  7. dmenu icon
    dmenu icon

    dmenu

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    dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm. It manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.

    75 dmenu alternatives
    dmenu screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Launcher
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  9. Kando icon
    Kando icon

    Kando

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    Kando offers an unconventional, fast, highly efficient, and fun way of interacting with your computer! You can use it to run commands, execute macros, open files, and much more.

    8 Kando alternatives
    Kando screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Kando screenshot 1
    Kando screenshot 2
    +2
    Kando screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  No Coding Required
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Cross-Platform
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  10. Circle Dock icon
    Circle Dock icon

    Circle Dock

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    The idea behind Circle Dock is that the dock should appear where your mouse is instead of you having to move your mouse to the dock like with other programs. This is accomplished by making the dock a circular or spiral shape so that it can be placed anywhere, even near the edge...

    39 Circle Dock alternatives
    Double Ring

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Circle Dock Features

    1.  Dock
    2.  Launcher
    Thick Ring
    Dark Background
    Discontinued

    Project is dead since 2008. Have a look at the forum:https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=d4239krfp6h6ghtdigpph6v7o0&topic=42700.0

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  11. grun icon
    grun icon

    grun

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    gRun is a GTK based Run dialog that closely resembles the Windows Run dialog, just like xexec. It has a intelligent history mechanism and a dual level fork() mechanism for launching the application in its own process.

    22 grun alternatives
    grun screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    grun Features

    1.  Launcher
    2.  Gtk
    Discontinued

    Last update in 2020: https://github.com/lrgc/grun

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  12. j4-dmenu-desktop

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    A replacement for i3-dmenu-desktop

    Its purpose is to find .desktop files and offer you a menu to start an application using dmenu.

    11 j4-dmenu-desktop alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    j4-dmenu-desktop Features

    1.  Launcher
    Fly-Pie Icon

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  13. Slingscold icon
    Slingscold icon

    Slingscold

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    Slingscold is a lightweight app launcher for GNU/Linux, written in Vala and utilizing GTK+ and Cairo.

    5 Slingscold alternatives
    Slingscold screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Slingscold Features

    1.  Launcher
    2.  macOS-like
    Discontinued

    Last Update: 2015-08-0

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  14. GNOME Launch Box

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    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.

    36 GNOME Launch Box alternatives
    GNOME Launch Box

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    This app seems to be totaly discontinuited. The official page on Gnome project points to an inexistant git repo. In Debian archives, last known version is 0.2-1.1:https://archive.debian.net/fr/source/lenny/gnome-launch-boxActivity at FTP link dates back to 2009:http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-launch-box/

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