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Windows Terminal
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insomnia
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GitExtensions
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better Wox alternative or higher similarity.
Wox discussion
Wox reviews and mentions
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 2025-05-11.
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Wayland Application Launchers: Stick with Rofi
wox: Interesting, but maybe a bit too much for me. Could not get it to work out of the box the way I expected.
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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Maybe it's Wox (https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox) which is no longer maintained.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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A note from our sponsor - InfluxDB
www.influxdata.com | 15 May 2025
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Wox-launcher/Wox is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 only which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of Wox is Go.
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