Flashlight

The missing plugin system for Spotlight. Flashlight is an app that supercharges OS X's built-in search. Check the weather, search the web, send an iMessage, find an...

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Mac OS X

The missing plugin system for Spotlight. Flashlight is an app that supercharges OS X's builtin search. Check the weather, search the web, send an iMessage, find an emoji — all by typing in the search box. With more than 70 plugins, you can do anything on your Mac in just a few keystrokes.

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Find And Run Robot

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File/Folder Launcher (FFLauncher) is a simple, very easy to use application specially designed to help you launch files and folders. This utility will also offer you...

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Portable Program Launcher Support for gestures
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Tired of dozens of icons on your desktop? Try this simple, yet powerful & intuitive launcher to organize your shortcuts. Some features: Shortcuts management...

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Hain

hain is an alt + space launcher for windows that looks and works similar to alfred. features searching executable files us very fast with fuzzy matching plugins in pure javascript

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Spotlight

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Access your files, programs, browser bookmarks, search engines and windows with a few key presses.

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8start launcher

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Conjure

Conjure is the fastest, smartest launcher for Android. Use it to open apps, make calls, toggle wifi, adjust volume, and much more. Search results are prioritized...

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Found

Found provides a lightning-fast, intuitive search experience that finds files across your Mac and personal cloud services, including Dropbox, Google Drive/Docs, and Gmail (attachments).

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The Best 14 Flashlight Alternatives

Alfred

Wox

Find And Run Robot

RecentX

FCorp File/Folder Launcher

FSL Launcher

Hain

FCorp My Quick Launch

Spotlight

Krunner

Yal

8start launcher

Conjure

Found

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