LaunchBar Alternatives

LaunchBar is described as 'Smart and powerful, keyboard driven productivity utility that lets you access and control every aspect of your digital life. Whatever you want to get done on your Mac – with LaunchBar it’s only a few keystrokes away' and is a application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to LaunchBar for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best LaunchBar alternative is Listary, which is free. Other great apps like LaunchBar are Alfred, Keypirinha, Fluent Search and ueli.

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LaunchBar alternatives page was last updated Feb 12, 2024
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  1. Curiosity Search icon

    Curiosity Search

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    AI-powered assistant centralizing all data by searching files, folders, and cloud apps, creating custom automations, interacting with emails, calendars, and web, offering document summarization, organization, and content generation tools.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Curiosity Search screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Dark Mode
    5. Slack icon  Slack integration
    6.  Launcher
    7. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    8.  Integrated Search
    9.  Fuzzy Finder
    10. Gmail icon  Gmail integration
    11. Notion icon  Notion Integration
    12.  Content Searching

    Curiosity Search VS LaunchBar

     
  2. Start icon

    Start

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    With start, the innovative launcher for macOS, you can open applications, documents, shortcuts, URLs, and folders in an instant. Say goodbye to clutter - start brings order and efficiency to your workflow.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • MacPaw Setapp
    Start screenshot 1

    Start Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Tag based
    6.  Support for Hotkeys

    Start VS LaunchBar

     
  4. Charmstone icon

    Charmstone

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    The quicker switcher launcher for macOS.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Charmstone screenshot 1

    Charmstone VS LaunchBar

     
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    Curiosity Search

    AI-powered assistant centralizing all data by searching files, folders, and cloud apps, creating custom automations, interacting with emails, calendars, and web, offering document summarization, organization, and content generati...

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  6. XMenu icon

    XMenu

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    XMenu adds one or more global menus to the right side of the menu bar. They give you access to your preferred applications, folders, documents, files, and snippets. Launch any application, or insert text snippets or URLs into your email messages or Pages documents with a single...

    76 XMenu alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    XMenu screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Favorites
    6.  Sits in the MenuBar

    XMenu VS LaunchBar

     
  7. Lacona icon

    Lacona

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    Lacona is a docker app for Mac OSX that accepts natural language commands. Call up Lacona with a keyboard shortcut and type whatever you want to do. It gives intelligent suggestions as you type and then follows your orders.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Lacona screenshot 1

    Lacona Features

    1.  Launcher

    Lacona VS LaunchBar

     
  8. Butler icon

    Butler

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    Butler's purpose is to ease all those routine tasks you do every day: controlling iTunes, opening programs and documents, switching users, searching for stuff on the web, and more.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Trigger abbreviation

    Butler Features

    1.  Launcher
    2.  Support for Hotkeys

    Butler VS LaunchBar

     
  10. SOL icon

    SOL

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    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.

    57 SOL alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    SOL screenshot 1

    Properties

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

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Portable
    3.  Support for Gestures
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Command palette
    8.  React
    9.  Spotlight
    10.  React Native
    11.  Launcher

    SOL VS LaunchBar

     
  11. Unleash.so icon

    Unleash.so

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    Your productivity level just sprouted wings. Find what you need easily, across your cloud services from one place. Formerly known as ChaseApp.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Unleash.so screenshot 1

    Unleash.so Features

    1.  In-app File Search

    Unleash.so VS LaunchBar

     
  12. Promptu icon

    Promptu

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    Say goodbye to repetitive, time-consuming tasks, like hunting through your programs, folders, files, and bookmarks for the ones you need. Promptu lets you associate meaningful names with programs, folders, files, bookmarks, etc, and access them almost instantly from your...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Prompt with suggestion provider

    Promptu Features

    1.  Launcher

    Promptu VS LaunchBar

     
  13. Overflow icon

    Overflow

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    Overflow is an application designed to quickly launch applications, open documents, or access folders while reducing the number of items needed in your Dock. Anything you want can be added to the Overflow interface, making it accessible through a few simple mouse clicks or...

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    The last update is from 2020.

    Overflow Features

    1.  Launcher
    2.  Dock

    Overflow VS LaunchBar

     
  14. NuKit icon

    NuKit

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    NuKit is a bundle of lightweight everyday tools to increase productivity and save time.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • CY flagCyprus
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Launcher

    NuKit Features

    1.  Launcher

    NuKit VS LaunchBar

     
  15. FSL Launcher icon

    FSL Launcher

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    Organizes your shortcuts/icons on the desktop.

    83 FSL Launcher alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    FSL Launcher screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.1.4.4, released in 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    FSL Launcher Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Add-ons
    4.  Launcher

    FSL Launcher VS LaunchBar

     
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