Open Source LaunchBar Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to LaunchBar for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Mac alternative is ueli. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to LaunchBar and eight of them are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to LaunchBar are Cerebro, Quicksilver, SOL and Script Kit.

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  1. ueli icon
     73 likes

    Developed with the Electron framework, ueli is the type of tool that adopts simplicity, leaving out any unnecessary options and configuration settings. It creates an icon in the system tray at startup, where it sits silently throughout its runtime, without disturbing you with...

    85 ueli alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Cerebro icon
     59 likes

    Cerebro is an open source and free electron-based productivity software alternative to Alfred and Spotlight. It is focused on speed and good UI and UX. In most cases you don't even need to open another application, because you can see results right in Cerebro, like google...

    65 Cerebro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. SOL icon
     5 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Flashlight icon
     8 likes

    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
     
  5. LaunchMenu icon
     2 likes

    LaunchMenu is a free, open source, cross-platform search-based productivity software with similarities to Alfred and Cerebro. LaunchMenu focuses on customisability and extensibility , while also being easy to use through it's one slick interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Verve icon
     2 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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