Wox
A cross-platform launcher that simply works (by Wox-launcher)
Flow.Launcher
:mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins (by Flow-Launcher)
| Wox | Flow.Launcher | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 25 | |
| 24,784 | 8,664 | |
| 0.8% | 4.7% | |
| 9.5 | 9.8 | |
| 22 days ago | 7 days ago | |
| Go | C# | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Wox
Posts with mentions or reviews of Wox.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-20.
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We released a new powerful efficiency tool called RunFlow, which is similar to PowerToys and Alfred, welcome to try it
RunFlow is a cross-platform productivity tool which can launch apps and search files and more, that similar to Wox and PowerToys on Windows, and also similar like Alfred and Raycast on macOS. But we have differences with these tools, and we have our own unique new features. Right now, at the below, we will introduce you what features of RunFlow have been implemented in more details. It's an amazing journey, let's start.
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Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows
I find Wox (which also uses Everything) a really great quick launcher, it saves a lot of time.
https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
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Just formated my PC, and I forgot a certain Windows search software that I had
Maybe it's Wox (https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox) which is no longer maintained. Out of all these Spotlight alternatives, I think Fluent search is the best https://github.com/adirh3/Fluent-Search
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Working with one Monitor
Wox
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Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
I shared the exact same sentiment when I transitioned to Windows after a long period of only using macOS. I eventually began building a launcher myself using C# and over time it has become my daily driver. Feel free to check it out at https://github.com/dkgv/pinpoint, PRs welcome :-)
A few other nice candidates I found include:
- Keypirinha: https://keypirinha.com/
- Wox: https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
- ueli: https://github.com/oliverschwendener/ueli
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I am genuinely curious - why Microsoft thinks this is an acceptable default search behavior?
Other options that are open source are wox, cerebro and flow launcher
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Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’
Have a look at PowerToys Run - based on Wox, open-source, and officially MS-backed.
- I thought they've fixed it already?
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In response to the desktop organization post 2 electric boogaloo
For anyone in need of a functional search in windows: I recommend Wox, it uses the everyhig searoh engine and it works flawlessly
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Search results and Windows 10
Personally I avoid the start menu or anything related to Windows indexing. What I use is everything and wox.
Flow.Launcher
Posts with mentions or reviews of Flow.Launcher.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-16.
- Quick file search and app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins
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Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows
Flow Launcher is a very good alternative that i use everyday:
https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher
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Win-Vind: Vim powers with speed of thought in Windows 11
Looks like there’s an Everything plugin https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher#everything-pl...
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Does Windows have an indexing and search system like Spotlight on Mac?
Use Flow Launcher with Everything if you want a Spotlight-like experience on Windows. Search results are instant.
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Windows button with AHK
I've been using the script provided on this github (https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher/discussions/747) to open flow launcher with windows button, but this script doesnt take into account win + D, win + arrow keys, etc. How can this script be edited so that if just the windows key is pressed, the !{Space} will be sent, but if not, run whatever the user pressed?
- Using FlowLauncher with Everything 1.5
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Somehow AutoHotKey is kinda good now
https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher
The Fluent Search creator is pretty active and available on Discord.
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1.14.1 Latest release
Fix Windows 11 22H2 (22621) notification error Fix Windows 11 notification error #2073
- How to open Folder result in the current File Explorer window ? (and not in new File Explorer window)
- How can you start a Flow Launch search only in the folder/subfolders of the folder you are in File Explorer ?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Wox and Flow.Launcher you can also consider the following projects:
PowerToys - Windows system utilities to maximize productivity
EverythingToolbar - Everything integration for the Windows taskbar.
ueli - Cross-Platform Keystroke Launcher
Fluent-Search - Official repository for Fluent Search, use to report issues or ask for a new feature
EverythingToolbar - Everything integration for the Windows taskbar. [Moved to: https://github.com/srwi/EverythingToolbar]
cerebro - 🔵 Cerebro is an open-source launcher to improve your productivity and efficiency
shadowsocks-windows - A C# port of shadowsocks
plugins - Plugins for Flutter maintained by the Flutter team
v2rayN - A GUI client for Windows, Linux and macOS, support Xray core and sing-box-core and others