Quicksilver Alternatives

Quicksilver is described as 'Fast and free macOS productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly' and is a very popular application launcher in the file management category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Quicksilver for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, KDE Plasma and File Explorer apps. The best Quicksilver alternative is Flow Launcher, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Quicksilver are Vicinae, Raycast, Alfred and Listary.

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  1. File Find icon
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    A macOS file search utility that helps you find files easier.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2.  2 likes

    This code provides the MenuStart plugin to nwg-panel. It also may be used standalone, however, with a little help from command line arguments.

    57 nwg-menu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Apptivate icon
     4 likes

    A simple, beautiful hotkey manager. Launch applications, execute scripts, run automator workflows and open files or folders. All of this at the press of a key combination. Apptivate 2.0 introduces hotkey sequences, which are simply a sequence of key combinations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Brow icon
     1 like

    Free all-in-one Mac productivity app that replaces your launcher, clipboard manager, window manager, screenshot tool, and 20+ more utilities.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. FSL Launcher icon
     10 likes

    Organizes your shortcuts/icons on the desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
  6. Enso Launcher icon
     21 likes

    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 simply release the Caps Lock key to activate it, and the overlay disappears.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. iBar icon
     Like

    iBar is like Spotlight but for the web — jump to any page in your browser history in a couple of keystrokes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Rocket is an application launcher for KDE Plasma. It sorts all of your applications in a horizontal grid alphabetically, so you will always find what you are looking for at first glance. No more menu navigation, only scrolling.

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    • Linux
    • KDE
     
  9. 8start Launcher is a combination of innovative Application Launcher, countdown and Tree Notes/Shortcuts/Favorites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10.  2 likes

    Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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