Vicinae
High-performance native launcher for Linux built with C++ and Qt delivers fast keyboard-driven system access, an efficient modular core, built-in modules, support for server-side React or TypeScript extensions, and reuse of Raycast extensions with minimal changes.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Linux
- Arch Linux
Features
Properties
- Support for Themes
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Application Launchers
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Works Offline
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- No Tracking
- File Search
- Currency Conversion
- Emoji search
- Dark Mode
- Full-Text Search
- Live Preview
- Built-in viewer
- Support for scripting
- QT Based
Tags
- Clipboard History
- unit-conversion
- Emoji Picker
- raycast
- raycast-integration
Vicinae News & Activities
Recent activities
- rinnegan72 reviewed Vicinae
works great on arch linux, its a struggle to get running on nixos. it has all the core functionallity of raycast with advertised back compat with raycast extensions which in paper sounds great but doesn't actually work all that great with basically none of the extensions working as intended, the vicinae extensions however work, will be looking into making an extension or two for vicinae and look forward to cross platform launch for this
- rinnegan72 liked Vicinae
- reviewed Vicinae
Better than ulauncer. This has built in calculator too
- added Built-in viewer as a feature to Vicinae
Vicinae information
Developed by
Aurélien Brabant Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
Alternatives
51 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Categories
Business & Commerce, File Management, Office & Productivity, OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
- 5,060 Stars
- 117 Forks
- 134 Open Issues
- Updated
What is Vicinae?
Vicinae (pronounced "vih-SIN-ay") is a high-performance, native launcher for Linux — built with C++ and Qt.
It includes a set of built-in modules, and extensions can be developed quickly using fully server-side React/TypeScript — with no browser or Electron involved.
Inspired by the popular Raycast launcher, Vicinae provides a mostly compatible extension API, allowing reuse of many existing Raycast extensions with minimal modification.
Vicinae is designed for developers and power users who want fast, keyboard-first access to common system actions — without unnecessary overhead.
Comments and Reviews
Better than ulauncer. This has built in calculator too
works great on arch linux, its a struggle to get running on nixos. it has all the core functionallity of raycast with advertised back compat with raycast extensions which in paper sounds great but doesn't actually work all that great with basically none of the extensions working as intended, the vicinae extensions however work, will be looking into making an extension or two for vicinae and look forward to cross platform launch for this