Open-source launcher offering blazing speed, customisable interface, app launching, web search, built-in calculator, clipboard history, no native AI, and native macOS support, with Linux and Windows compatibility planned for future releases.
TinyStart Alternatives
TinyStart is described as 'A tiny launcher for macOS, fast and focused on the essentials' and is a application launcher in the online services category. There are more than 50 alternatives to TinyStart for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, iPhone and iPad apps. The best TinyStart alternative is Vicinae, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TinyStart are Flow Launcher, Raycast, Launchy and Alfred.
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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 don't even need to open another application, because you can see results right in Cerebro, like google...
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QuickFind is a unified search tool providing instant access to files, apps, and web pages. It supports major search engines such as Google and Bing. Seamlessly switch between local and online content, and categorize searches into files, photos, music, and videos.
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This macOS tool leverages fighting game style key combinations to expedite app launches, execute commands, or even activate fun features like confetti, providing a faster alternative to launchers like Spotlight, Alfred, and Raycast. It supports customization and seamless integration with existing tools.
74 Albert alternativesAlbert 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.
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Seek, peek, and preview to find your work instantly — even if it's buried in folders, or you've lost track of it over the months.
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GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items.
Lightweight native macOS launcher offering fuzzy search, app pinning, visible running apps, inline calculation and conversion, searchable clipboard history for text and images, per-app custom hotkeys, no telemetry, minimal resource use, and open-source simplicity.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Homebrew
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Windows utility for instant access to files, folders, and programs. Indexes and organizes recents, enables tagging, previews, hotkey launching, direct file operations, and integrates project-based file management while reducing reliance on Windows Explorer.
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41 Rofi alternativesRofi started as clone of simpleswitcher, written by Sean Pringle a popup window switcher roughly based on superswitcher. Simpleswitcher laid the foundations and therefor Sean Pringle deserves most of the credit for this tool.
SupaSidebar is a macOS app that brings Arc's sidebar to every browser - one sidebar for tabs, bookmarks, files, and apps across Safari, Chrome, and even Finder.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Mac
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AI-powered assistant centralizing all data by searching files, folders, and cloud apps, creating custom automations, interacting with emails, calendars, and web, offering document summarization, organization, and content generation tools.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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