96 Like Synapse Good alternative? YES NO Synapse is a semantic launcher written in Vala that you can use to start applications as well as find and access relevant documents and files by making use of the... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
174 Like Gnome Do Good alternative? YES NO GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items. GNOME Do is inspired by... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature Discontinued The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 0.95.3, released on November 2014, can be still downloaded from Launchpad. switching from windows to linux, GnomeDo makes very well the job! Guest • Apr 2017 Disagree Agree
16 Like CerebroApp Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron based Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Add a feature
9 Like Zazu Good alternative? YES NO Zazu is a new open source productivity app, that allows developers to be in the drivers seat. Unlike other solutions, there is no built-in integrations, so every plugin... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Add a feature
10 Like Albert Good alternative? YES NO Omnilauncher for Linux to help you quickly find and run apps and do other useful things. Free Open Source Linux Customizable Add a feature
36 Like kupfer Good alternative? YES NO Kupfer is a command tool heavily inspired by Quicksilver ; you do not use it to search your files, you use it to summon an... Free Open Source Linux Configurable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Add a feature
15 Like Index Your Files Alternative? YES NO Index Your Files allows you to search through all your files or folders on local or networked drives without remote admin rights (as necessary for the similar app... Free Windows Linux Wine No features added Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated since 2012. Last version, 5.0.2.6, released in December 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
8 Like Freeter Good alternative? YES NO Smartest way to work on your computer. Freeter is a productivity app that allows you to gather everything you need to work in one place and access them quickly and... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Workflow Automation Add a feature
10 Like dmenu Good alternative? YES NO dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm. It manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently. Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
4 Like Tracker Good alternative? YES NO Tracker is a search engine and that allows the user to find their data as fast as possible. Users can search for their files and search for content in their files too. Free Open Source Linux Xfce No features added Add a feature
2 Like Rofi Good alternative? YES NO Rofi started as clone of simpleswitcher, written by Sean Pringle a popup window switcher roughly based on superswitcher. Simpleswitcher laid the foundations and therefor... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
5 Like Mutate Good alternative? YES NO Mutate is a simple launcher inspired by Alfred for Ubuntu. Be more productive with hotkeys, keywords and file actions at your fingertips. Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature Discontinued The last commit to the GitHub repo was on November 5th, 2015.
6 Like mlocate Good alternative? YES NO Indexes filesystems allowing you to search for files. Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
4 Like Gnome-Pie Good alternative? YES NO Gnome-Pie is a circular application launcher for Linux. It is made of several pies, each consisting of multiple slices. The user presses a key stroke which opens the... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
6 Like Gnome Completion-Run Utility Alternative? YES NO Application launcher with bash-like completion. It's a simple program which provides a "run program" window, featuring a bash-like TAB completion. It... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
