Access your files, programs, browser bookmarks, search engines and windows with a few key presses.
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Spotlight Alternatives
Spotlight is described as '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' and is a application launcher in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Spotlight for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Spotlight alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Spotlight are Flow Launcher, Vicinae, Raycast and Alfred.
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gnome-search-tool is a utility for finding files on your system. To perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename, with or without wildcards. To refine your search, you can apply additional search options.
Connect your Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Notion, and more, search and ask questions from a single search bar.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Google Chrome
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Online
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Pinpoint is the Windows equivalent of Spotlight and Alfred for macOS. It is an extensible keystroke launcher and productivity tool. Existing functionality provided via plugins include file and app search, currency conversion, stock ticker look up, Spotify control, control panel...
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Pinpoint vs Spotlight Comments
- Pinpoint is Free and Open Source
34 Rofi for Wayland alternativesThis is a fork of Rofi with added support for Wayland via the layer shell protocol.
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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39 Quick App Launcher alternativesQuick App Launcher (QAL) is a fast, minimalistic, customizable app launcher.
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File Brain is a desktop application that helps you find files instantly using natural language. Instead of remembering exact filenames, you can ask questions like "flight ticket invoice", and File Brain uses semantic search to understand the meaning and show the...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Algeria
Fast, extensible, native (not Electron), small memory footprint, small file size