iBar Alternatives

iBar is described as 'Is like Spotlight but for the web — jump to any page in your browser history in a couple of keystrokes' and is a web search engine in the online services category. There are more than 50 alternatives to iBar for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best iBar alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like iBar are Flow Launcher, Station, Alfred and Keypirinha.

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  1. Yal icon
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    Access your files, programs, browser bookmarks, search engines and windows with a few key presses.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Pinpoint icon
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    Pinpoint is the Windows equivalent of Spotlight and Alfred for macOS. It is an extensible keystroke launcher and productivity tool. Existing functionality provided via plugins include file and app search, currency conversion, stock ticker look up, Spotify control, control panel...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Verve icon
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    Verve is a lightweight and blazingly fast launcher for accessing and opening applications, files and documents. It serves as a replacement for popular tools such as Spotlight, Raycast, and Alfred, and is written in the Rust programming language using the Tauri Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. LaunchPanel icon
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    LaunchPanel is a completely FREE application that allows you to quickly launch applications, open files and folders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Flashlight icon
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    Flashlight gives you control over Spotlight. There are tons of options for customization so you can do things how you want to. Flashlight is designed to make enhancing Spotlight easy and enhance it's usefulness on macOS 10.9 and up.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Search a comprehensive, centralized cache of all text found in your documents and other text-based files, including database and package files.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Search Text In Files is an easy-to-use file search application for your computer. Search through plain-text files and PDF files using simple queries and this tool will quickly list the requested files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Recursively search source code and text files for a pattern, then open matched files in your favourite editing/viewing app.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. HoudahSpot icon
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    Advanced File Search Utility for Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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