Listary

Listary is a revolutionary search utility for Windows that makes finding your files and launching applications blazing fast, for casual and power users alike!.

Freemium $ $ $ Windows PortableApps.com Windows Explorer

193 Like

Quicksilver

Quicksilver is a fast and free Mac OS X productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly. Quicksilver learns your habits...

Free Open Source Mac

114 Like

Executor

A multi purpose launcher and more advanced and customizable freeware windows run replacement and more. Executor is available also as a portable app and can be integrated...

Free Windows

78 Like

Gnome Do

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...

• Discontinued The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 0.95.3, released on November 2014, can be still downloaded from Launchpad.

Free Open Source Linux

175 Like

Freeter

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

14 Like

dmenu

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

12 Like

FSL Launcher

Tired of dozens of icons on your desktop? Try this simple, yet powerful & intuitive launcher to organize your shortcuts. Some features: Shortcuts management...

• Discontinued The program is no longer updated.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

Free Windows Windows Explorer

9 Like

FCorp My Quick Launch

Faster access to your favorite files, folders, programs, etc.

• Discontinued The program is no longer developed. Last version, released in August 2016, can be still bought from the official website.

Commercial Windows

9 Like

OpenWith Enhanced

OpenWith Enhanced is a small freeware application which replaces the standard Windows 'Open With...' window with an improved comprehensive yet intuitive dialog...

Free Windows

7 Like

Scherlokk

Scherlokk is a lightning fast file search utility build for precise and reliable search of every file which meets the search criteria. Music, pictures, bookmarks...

Commercial Mac

5 Like

Enso Launcher

Enso is dead simple to use. You just hold down the Caps Lock key and type an Enso command, which is displayed in a translucent overlay. Once the command is typed, you...

• Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, Build 3268, released on 2008, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.

Free Windows

21 Like

8start launcher

8start Launcher is a combination of innovative Application Launcher, countdown and Tree Notes/Shortcuts/Favorites. Launcher Features - Organize shortcuts into...

• Discontinued Last version, 3.0, was released on 4th June 2011. It is still downloadable from FreewareFiles.com

Free Windows

3 Like

Middleclick

Welcome to MiddleClick. The next generation application launcher from CodeLogic Software. MiddleClick displays a dashboard of your desktop and web applications whenever...

Commercial Windows

2 Like

Disklens

Disklens, the Spotlight alternative, lets you quickly and easily find about anything on your Mac.

Commercial Mac

1 Like

JetStart

Tired of digging into crowded Start Menu? JetStart offers you a quick access to categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs and system commands. ...

Freemium Windows