The Best 125 Launchy Alternatives

  • dmenu

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

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Overflow

    Overflow is an application designed to quickly launch applications, open documents, or access folders while reducing the number of items needed in your Dock. Anything...

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • Blaze

    Blaze is an application launcher that distinguishes from amongst the others by being able to automate recurrent tasks performed in the file-system or even any...

    Free Windows

  • Rofi

    Rofi started as clone of simpleswitcher, written by Sean Pringle a popup window switcher roughly based on superswitcher. Simpleswitcher laid the foundations and therefor...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Gnome-Pie

    Gnome-Pie is a circular application launcher for Linux. It is made of several pies, each consisting of multiple slices. The user presses a key stroke which opens the...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Mighty Box

    it's a quicksilver clone written in c# for windows

    Free Open Source Windows

  • SE-TrayMenu

    Free portable tray launcher and hotkey manager that greatly increases your productivity. Lots ot layouts and color schemes will allow you customize popup menu appearance...

    Free Windows

  • Tray Commander Lite

    Tray Commander is a multifunctional utility that lets you launch your frequently used programs, files, folders and documents directly from the system tray. It adds a...

    Free Personal Windows

  • Advanced Launcher

    Advanced Launcher is a completely free award-winning toolbar and tray launcher. It can show several fully customizable toolbars at a time. When you click a toolbar...

    Free Personal Windows

  • NuKit

    NuKit is a bundle of lightweight everyday tools to increase productivity and save time. Launcher and Shortcuts provide instant access to applications, files, URLs...

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • RadialMenu

    RadialMenu Features: - Each RadialMenu can have up to 8 buttons. Buttons that aren't being used won't be displayed. - Each button can open a submenu. Submenus...

    Free Windows

  • AddToRun

    AddToRun is a small utility that will allow you to open any file or application from the Start Menu's Run Command dialog box (WIN+R). It has a very simple interface...

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Gumbleville Launcher

    Gumbleville Launcher is a simple replacement for your windows Desktop. Do your computers settings sometimes look more like a jungle? Gumbleville Launcher simplifies your...

    Free Windows

  • EasyShell

    A  user-friendly graphical shell  with tons of features that empowers non-technical people to do complicated stuff  faster than ever before with simple...

    Free Windows

  • Key Launch

    Forget your start menu and the icons on your desktop - launch programs and documents from your keyboard, with just a few keystrokes, by typing abbreviations. Just type a...

    Free Windows

  • Krento

    Krento is a modern application manager and widget engine for Microsoft Windows. Krento can save your desktop space and assist you in boosting your productivity. With...

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Tray Commander

    Tray Commander is a tray launcher that lets you gain quick access to your most frequently used applications and system commands via a customizable menu. Not only can you...

    Commercial Windows

  • Slingshot launcher

    slingshot is the lightweight and stylish app launcher designed for elementary os .

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Advanced Run

    Advanced Run is a replacement for a standard Windows Run dialog. Advanced Run allows you to run any program, run any command line command, open and edit and print...

    Free Windows