Alternatives to Synapse for Linux with any license

Albert

Omnilauncher for Linux to help you quickly find and run apps and do other useful things.

Free Open Source Linux
Firefox bookmarks Program Launchers Calculators Customizable ... File management Launcher Lightweight QT Based Add a feature

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CerebroApp

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. In most cases you...
- Discontinued
  Latest release (0.3.2) was on December 2017.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Calculus solving Electron based Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Launcher ... Multiplatform Export Theme changing Add a feature

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Ulauncher

Fast application launcher for Linux. Custom shortcuts for web URLs and scripts. Extensions are coming soon.

Free Open Source Linux
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions File Searching Integrated Search Launcher ... Legacy addons support Smooth Add a feature

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Gnome Do

GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items. GNOME Do is inspired by...
- Discontinued
  The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 0.95.3, released on November 2014, can be still downloaded from Launchpad.
- Synapse, Kupfer, and Gnome Do are the three leaders in this category. Guest • Aug 2015 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers Plugins Add a feature

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Krunner

Krunner is a multi-function command line menu for the KDE Plasma Desktop. At times, it almost seems as you could manage all your computing from Krunner. Among other...

Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers File Searching Launcher Add a feature

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dmenu

dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm. It manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.

Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers Launcher Add a feature

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Gnome-Pie

Gnome-Pie is a circular application launcher for Linux. It is made of several pies, each consisting of multiple slices. The user presses a key stroke which opens the...

Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers Add a feature

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Slingscold

Slingscold is a lightweight application launcher similar to Launchpad in Mac OS X.

Free Open Source Linux
Launcher macOS-like Add a feature

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Gnome Completion-Run Utility

Application launcher with bash-like completion. It's a simple program which provides a "run program" window, featuring a bash-like TAB completion. It...

Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers Add a feature

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Mutate

Mutate is a simple launcher inspired by Alfred for Ubuntu. Be more productive with hotkeys, keywords and file actions at your fingertips.
- Discontinued
  The last commit to the GitHub repo was on November 5th, 2015.
Free Open Source Linux
File Searching Launcher Add a feature

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Slingshot launcher

Slingshot is the lightweight and stylish app launcher designed for elementary OS .

Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers Launcher Add a feature

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GNOME Launch Box

Launch Box is generally an application launcher. It's very influenced by Quicksilver for Mac OSX. Remember that this is only a first release so don't get your...
- Discontinued
  This app seems to be totaly discontinuited. The official page on Gnome project points to an inexistant git repo. In Debian archives, last known version is 0.2-1.1: https://archive.debian.net/fr/source/lenny/gnome-launch-box Activity at FTP link dates back to 2009: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-launch-box/
Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers Add a feature

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Bashrun2

Launcher that uses a terminal with a modified bash session. Bashrun2 is the second generation version of bashrun, an application launcher running a modified bash...

Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers Terminal emulator Add a feature

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Application Finder

The Application Finder is a program to find and launch installed applications on your system, and quickly execute commands.

Free Open Source Linux Xfce
Program Launchers Add a feature

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