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The best Application Launcher alternative to SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids is Keypirinha, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids and many of them are Application Launchers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Application Launcher alternatives to SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids are Alfred, Raycast, Fluent Search and ueli.

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  1. Keypirinha icon
     212 likes

    A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable). Extensible with Python3 plugins.

    155 Keypirinha alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Launcher
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Application Launchers
    5.  File Search
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Calculus solving
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  2. Alfred icon
     294 likes

    Alfred is a productivity application for macOS, which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords and text expansion. Search your Mac and the web, and control your Mac using custom actions with the Powerpack.

    119 Alfred alternatives
    Alfred screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Application Launchers
    2.  Launcher
    3.  Workflow Automation
    4.  File Search
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Full-Text Search
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Cloud Sync
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    • Alfred is the most popular Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids.

    • Alfred is Freemium and ProprietarySearchLight - SpotLight on steroids is Free and Proprietary
  3. Raycast icon
     43 likes

    Raycast lets you control your tools with a few keystrokes. It’s designed to keep you focused.

    62 Raycast alternatives
    Raycast screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Application Launchers
    2.  Keyboard Shortcuts
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  File Search
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Built-in viewer
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  No registration required
    11.  No Tracking
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  4. Fluent Search icon
     40 likes

    Fluent Search is a fast and easy-to-use search application that lets you search for running applications, browser tabs, bookmarks, files, and more. Unlike Windows Start Menu, Fluent Search focuses on continuing existing work, it let you jump easily between running application...

    99 Fluent Search alternatives
    Search for browser tabs

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  File Search
    2.  Application Launchers
    3.  Custom search
    4.  Custom commands
    5.  Indexed search
    6.  Consistent UI
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Portable
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  No registration required
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  5. ueli icon
     65 likes

    Developed with the Electron framework, ueli is the type of tool that adopts simplicity, leaving out any unnecessary options and configuration settings. It creates an icon in the system tray at startup, where it sits silently throughout its runtime, without disturbing you with...

    77 ueli alternatives
    ueli screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Application Launchers
    2.  File Search
    3.  Custom commands
    4.  Portable
    5.  Fast file and folder search
    6.  Launcher
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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  6. Albert icon
     69 likes

    Albert is a C++/Qt based desktop agnostic keyboard launcher that helps you to accomplish your workflows in a breeze. Its goals are usability and beauty, performance and extensibility.

    56 Albert alternatives
    Apps

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Coding Required
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Currency Conversion
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Support for scripting
    12.  Firefox bookmarks
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  7. Quicksilver icon
     125 likes

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

    88 Quicksilver alternatives
    Quicksilver screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Quicksilver Features

    1.  Quick search
    2.  Launcher
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  8. RecentX icon
     106 likes

    RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

    285 RecentX alternatives
    RecentX screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top RecentX Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Portable
    4.  Tagging
    5.  Indexed search
    6.  Folder-Search
    7.  Tabbed interface
    8.  Clipboard monitoring
    9.  Image Preview
    10.  Tag based
    11.  Folder Tagging
    12.  Bookmark History
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    • RecentX is the most popular commercial alternative to SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids.

    • RecentX is Paid and ProprietarySearchLight - SpotLight on steroids is Free and Proprietary
  9. Spotlight icon
     20 likes

    Spotlight is the system-wide desktop search feature built into Apple's OS X operating system since version 10.4 (Tiger). Backed by an index of all items and files on the system, it's designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer...

    79 Spotlight alternatives
    Spotlight screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Spotlight Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  File preview
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  10. XMenu icon
     5 likes

    XMenu adds one or more global menus to the right side of the menu bar. They give you access to your preferred applications, folders, documents, files, and snippets. Launch any application, or insert text snippets or URLs into your email messages or Pages documents with a single...

    75 XMenu alternatives
    XMenu screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Favorites
    6.  Sits in the MenuBar
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  11. Krunner icon
     14 likes

    KRunner is the launcher built into the Plasma desktop.

    83 Krunner alternatives
    Krunner screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Launcher
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  12. Spotter icon
     6 likes

    Productivity tool that allows to launch everything (e.g. switch the next song, connect Bluetooth device, set a timer, etc.) so you can stay focused on your current task.

    58 Spotter alternatives
    Spotter screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Spotter Features

    1.  Launcher
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