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kupfer

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Kupfer is a command tool heavily inspired by Quicksilver ; you do not use it to search your files, you use it to summon an application or document quickly by typing the first parts of its name.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

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Country of Origin

  • NO flagNorway

Platforms

  • Linux
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Properties

  1.  Configurable

Features

  1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  2.  Clipboard monitoring
  3.  Application Launchers
  4.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts

 Tags

  • keystroke-launcher

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kupfer information

  • Developed by

    NO flagUlrik Sverdrup
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Alternatives

    53 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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OS & Utilities

GitHub repository

  •  380 Stars
  •  64 Forks
  •  16 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 19, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about kupfer, and it has gotten 40 likes

kupfer was added to AlternativeTo by ondrapelech on Nov 3, 2009 and this page was last updated Jan 27, 2021.

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pihentagy
Feb 9, 2017
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RefWe
Jan 10, 2016
1

Kupfer is great because it learns and it learns faster than other launchers. Compared to the hotkey search in Mint Kupfer is the future. While Mint's launcher keeps trying to tell me that "T" and "Th" would open "gThumb" it took Kupfer 1(!) time to get it. Stupid Mint linux.

What is kupfer?

Kupfer is a command tool heavily inspired by Quicksilver icon Quicksilver ; you do not use it to search your files, you use it to summon an application or document quickly by typing the first parts of its name. Kupfer is written using Python and has a flexible architecture. Objects that it can access are implemented in plugins, and new plugins can be written quickly. The philosophy of Kupfer is simplicity. The implementation is simple, makes the easy things work first, and does not overdesign unnecessary parts of the program. When you run kupfer, it launches, then anytime you type Kupfers keybinding -- immediately its window is presented ready for a new query.

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