Ulauncher Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Ulauncher for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Launchy, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Ulauncher and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Ulauncher are Albert, Cerebro, Walker and Gnome Do.

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Ulauncher alternatives are mainly Application Launchers but may also be File Search Utilities or Web Search Engines.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Ulauncher.
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Ulauncher alternatives page was last updated Aug 12, 2024
  1. Launchy icon
     643 likes

    Launchy is a free Windows and Linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a...

    112 Launchy alternatives
    Launchy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  Skinnable
    4.  Relative Paths
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer maintained: last stable version, 2.5, and beta version, 2.6 beta2, were released in 2010. The program works anyway and can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    • Launchy is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Ulauncher.

    • Launchy is the most popular Open Source alternative to Ulauncher.

    • Launchy is Free and Open SourceUlauncher is also Free and Open Source
  2. Albert icon
     69 likes

    Albert 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.

    55 Albert alternatives
    Apps

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Lightweight
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  Currency Conversion
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Support for scripting
    7.  Firefox bookmarks
    8.  Search Bar
    9.  Launcher
    10.  QT Based
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  3. Cerebro icon
     54 likes

    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...

    52 Cerebro alternatives
    Cerebro screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Theme changing
    2.  Launcher
    3.  Electron based
    4.  Calculus solving
    5.  Multiplatform Export
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  4. Walker icon
     4 likes

    Walker is a highly extendable application launcher that doesn't hold back on features and usability. Fast. Unclutters your brain. Improves your workflow.

    25 Walker alternatives
    Walker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Wayland Support
    3.  Emoji search
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  5. Gnome Do icon
     177 likes

    GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items.

    84 Gnome Do alternatives
    Gnome Do screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    Discontinued

    The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 0.95.3, released on November 2014, can be still downloaded from Launchpad.

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  6. Rofi icon
     21 likes

    Rofi 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.

    32 Rofi alternatives
    Rofi screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Window Switching
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  7. Krunner icon
     14 likes

    KRunner is the launcher built into the Plasma desktop.

    82 Krunner alternatives
    Krunner screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Privacy focused
    6.  Lightweight
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Launcher
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  8. dmenu icon
     21 likes

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

    74 dmenu alternatives
    dmenu screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Launcher
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  9. Curiosity Search icon
     4 likes

    Curiosity is a search and productivity app. It puts all your information at your fingertips so you can focus and get more done.

    26 Curiosity Search alternatives
    Curiosity Search screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Launcher
    4.  Integrated Search
    5.  Fuzzy Finder
    6.  Content Searching
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  10.  1 like

    Application launcher for wlroots based Wayland compositors, similar to rofi's drun mode.

    30 fuzzel alternatives
    Fuzzel, with transparency, on top of a browser window showing a diff of a fuzzel commit

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11.  2 likes

    Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu.

    55 bemenu alternatives
    bemenu screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Launcher
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  12. Catapult Launcher icon
     3 likes

    Catapult allows you to easily launch apps, open files and do basic calculations with a keyboard-driven user interface. Custom plugins and themes can be loaded dynamically.

    19 Catapult Launcher alternatives
    Catapult Launcher screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Launcher
    Catapult Launcher iconUlauncher Icon

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