The Best 42 GNOME Launch Box Alternatives

  • Gnome Do icon

    Gnome Do

    gnome do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items. gnome do is inspired by quicksilver & https://alternativein .

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Quicksilver icon

    Quicksilver

    Quicksilver is a fast and free Mac OS X productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly. Quicksilver learns your habits, making your everyday chores simple and efficient.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • Synapse icon

    Synapse

    Synapse is a semantic launcher written in Vala that you can use to start applications as well as find and access relevant documents and files by making use of the Zeitgeist engine.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Avant Window Navigator

    Avant Window Navigator (AWN/Awn) is a dock-like navigation bar for the linux desktop that positions itself at the bottom of the screen. It can be used to keep track of open windows and behaves like a normal window list.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Enso Launcher

    Enso is dead simple to use. You just hold down the Caps Lock key and type an Enso command, which is displayed in a translucent overlay.

    Free Windows

  • ASuite

    ASuite is a simple application launcher to manage an unlimited number of files, folders and webpage for quick access. It is designed to work with removable storage (uses relative paths) media like USB sticks, hard drives, iPods, etc.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • SlickRun

    SlickRun is a free floating command line utility for Windows. SlickRun gives almost instant access to any program or website. SlickRun allows you to create command aliases (known as MagicWords), so C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.

    Free Windows

  • Quick Search Box

    Google Quick Search Box is an open source search box that allows you to search data on your computer and across the web.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • Scherlokk

    Scherlokk is a lightning fast file search utility build for precise and reliable search of every file which meets the search criteria. Music, pictures, bookmarks, documents, etc can be found quickly and easily.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • Mutate

    mutate is a simple launcher inspired by alfred for ubuntu. be more productive with hotkeys, keywords and file actions at your fingertips.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Promptu

    Say goodbye to repetitive, time-consuming tasks, like hunting through your programs, folders, files, and bookmarks for the ones you need. Promptu lets you associate...

    Free Windows

  • JetStart

    Tired of digging into crowded Start Menu? JetStart offers you a quick access to categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs and system commands. ...

    Freemium Windows