SOL

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If you ever liked tools like Raycast and Alfred, but wanted to own them and tweak them yourself, then SOL is the tool for you. All the affordances of complex tools now made open source.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (MIT)

Application typeApplication types

Origin

Germany
EU

Platforms

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Properties

Lightweight
Privacy focused
Support for Themes

Features

Support for Gestures
Support for scripting
Spotlight
Dark Mode
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Portable
Ad-free
Command palette
React
Application Launchers
File Search
React Native
Launcher

SOL information

Developed by
Oscar Franco
Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
Written in
TypeScript
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Supported Languages
- English

AlternativeTo Categories

File Management, OS & Utilities

GitHub repository

3,165 Stars
188 Forks
16 Open Issues
Updated Oct 7, 2026

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about SOL, and it has gotten 6 likes

SOL was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on Apr 27, 2022 and this page was last updated May 14, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

sheysson miller

★★★★★

Nov 18, 2025

SOL is very fast, lightweight and open source. You can extend its functionality with your own bash scripts.

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Install from the command line

brew install --cask sol

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

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