Launchy Launchpad
Free open-source macOS launcher offering a fullscreen grid, Floaty Mode HUD for quick launches and toggles, instant bilingual and fuzzy search, custom backgrounds, seamless app organization, keyboard-first navigation, auto-updates, and broad accessibility support.
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Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
Features
- No Tracking
- Ad-free
- Works Offline
- No registration required
- Dark Mode
- Right-click tab menu
- Global hotkey
- Integrated Search
- Floating windows
- Heads-Up Display
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
- Keyboard Navigation
- Grid View
- Application Launchers
- Fullscreen support
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Launchy Launchpad information
Developed by
Jan Feuerbacher Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.Written in
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What is Launchy Launchpad?
Launchy Launchpad is a free, open-source alternative to the traditional Launchpad for macOS users. It offers a fullscreen mode similar to the classic Launchpad interface, but with more comprehensive controls. Its Floaty Mode acts as a Heads-Up Display (HUD), providing quick toggles that fit the modern macOS interface. The software scans and caches app icons for a responsive grid and works natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
The software features a fullscreen grid with enhanced controls, custom backgrounds, and fluid paging for a seamless swipe experience. The Floaty Mode HUD allows for quick launches, toggles, and searches. It also includes an instant search function with bilingual matching, diacritic folding, fuzzy hits, and keyboard-first controls.
Right-click functions include renaming, hiding, moving apps, creating folders, or revealing in Finder. The software is built for speed on Apple Silicon and Intel, is auto-updating, notarized, MIT licensed, and free forever. It respects system text size, high-contrast modes, and VoiceOver labels, making it user-friendly.