Spotlight Alternatives
Spotlight is described as 'is the system-wide desktop search feature built into Apple's OS X operating system since version 10.4 (Tiger)' and is an app in the File Management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Spotlight for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, the Web and iPhone. The best alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Spotlight are Keypirinha (Free), Alfred (Freemium), Station (Freemium) and ueli (Free, Open Source).
- File and folder lookup tool that searches across local, removable, and network mapped drives. View 93 alternatives to Everything
- A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable). Extensible with Python3 plugins. View 144 alternatives to Keypirinha
- 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. View 89 alternatives to AlfredNo screenshots yet
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Find information scattered across hundreds of apps. Station is the unified search for your team. View 12 alternatives to Station
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Developed with the Electron framework, ueli is the type of tool that adopts simplicity, leaving out any unnecessary options and configuration settings. View 66 alternatives to ueli
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- DocFetcher is a portable German/English open source desktop search application. It allows you search the contents of documents on your computer. - You can think of it as Google for your local document repository. View 105 alternatives to DocFetcher
- Omnilauncher for Linux to help you quickly find and run apps and do other useful things. View 35 alternatives to Albert
- Cerebro is an open source and free electron-based productivity software alternative to Alfred and Spotlight. It is focused on speed and good UI and UX. View 35 alternatives to CerebroApp
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Quicksilver is a fast and free Mac OS X productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly. View 73 alternatives to Quicksilver
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
Quicksilver vs Spotlight
saves your recent/commonly used apps for quicker searches - Fast application launcher for Linux. Custom shortcuts for web URLs and scripts. Extensions supported. View 36 alternatives to Ulauncher