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

Synapse

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

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

LaunchBar

LaunchBar is a 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...

Freemium Mac

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

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

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• Discontinued The program is no longer updated.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

Butler

Butler's purpose is to make it easier for you to perform different — potentially recurring — tasks. Butler lets you arrange these tasks in its fully customizable...

Commercial Mac

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.

• it's just a text launcher like a "run" in Windows. Overflow is a graphical launcher with tabs! Guest • Aug 2017 Disagree   Agree

Commercial Windows

Promptu

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...

Free Windows

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

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

aLaunch

aLaunch is an application launcher of the types to access from menubar.

Free Mac iPhone

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...

• Sherlock is for search. It is not a Launcher! Guest • Aug 2017 Disagree   Agree

Commercial Mac

Typhoeus Hotkeys

Typhoeus Hotkeys is an application that runs in your taskbar at all times, you can create "Hotkeys" which you can use in seconds by using your keyboard. Each...

Free Windows