Albert

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

Free
Open Source
Linux

Access everything with virtually zero effort. Run applications, open files or their paths, open bookmarks in your browser, search the web, calculate things and a lot more. See wiki for more information.

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Customizable Program Launcher

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The Best 21 Albert Alternatives

Alfred

Gnome Do

Quicksilver

Synapse

RecentX

Keypirinha

Executor

kupfer

dmenu

Zazu

Freeter

Hain

FCorp My Quick Launch

Mutate

Spotlight

Ulauncher

Krunner

Yal

Steward

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