Launcher

Top 23 Launcher Open-Source Projects

  • Wox

    A cross-platform launcher that simply works

    Project mention: We released a new powerful efficiency tool called RunFlow, which is similar to PowerToys and Alfred, welcome to try it | dev.to | 2024-03-20

    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.

  • nnn

    n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

    Project mention: Directory navigation on Helix | /r/HelixEditor | 2023-12-06

    If you want a file full browser experience choose nnn: https://github.com/jarun/nnn . If you have a desktop file for Helix you can use the Gnome Files program to make all your programming language files open in Helix.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • cerebro

    🔵 Cerebro is an open-source launcher to improve your productivity and efficiency

    Project mention: Should I worry about using Raycast on MacOS? | /r/privacy | 2023-04-25

    There are these open source alternatives, I haven’t checked their privacy policies or their code Maybe try and report back? https://www.cerebroapp.com https://qsapp.com https://ueli.app https://github.com/ParthJadhav/Verve

  • Playnite

    Video game library manager with support for wide range of 3rd party libraries and game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games.

    Project mention: I wrote an app for myself to filter my library by HLTB | /r/SteamDeck | 2023-12-11

    I've done something similar before with Playnite (an open-source PC game library manager), which has an HLTB plugin.

  • albert

    A fast and flexible keyboard launcher

    Project mention: Wechsel von Windows auf Linux - zu viele Programme Windows-only? | /r/de_EDV | 2023-06-30
  • Flow.Launcher

    :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

    Project mention: Quick file search and app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-28
  • Launcher

    A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once

    Project mention: Please help me | /r/MultiMC | 2023-07-08

    If you cannot - https://github.com/MultiMC/Launcher/wiki/Unsupported-Intel-GPUs

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • xplr

    A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer

  • Ulauncher

    Feature rich application Launcher for Linux

    Project mention: Using Ubuntu with Ulauncher | /r/Ubuntu | 2023-05-06
  • ueli

    Keystroke launcher for Windows, macOS and Linux

    Project mention: Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-16

    I went like this: Launchy -> KeyPirinha -> PowerToys (got too slow) -> UELI

    It works really well for me, I've been using it for two years now.

    https://github.com/oliverschwendener/ueli

  • CreamInstaller

    Automatically finds all installed Steam, Epic and Ubisoft games with their respective DLC-related DLL locations on the user's computer, parses SteamCMD, Steam Store and Epic Games Store for user-selected games' DLCs, then provides a very simple graphical interface utilizing the gathered information for the maintenance of DLC unlockers.

    Project mention: cyperpunk legit steam copy with pirated PL dlc | /r/PiratedGames | 2023-12-11

    hello guys so as i said in the title i found some dlc out there but its from the gog copy will it work if i downloaded that and placed it in the steam files with CreamInstaller ?

  • FFXIVQuickLauncher

    Custom launcher for FFXIV

    Project mention: Final Fantasy XIV won't install | /r/ffxiv | 2023-12-02
  • cairoshell

    Cairo is a customizable, intuitive desktop environment for Windows.

  • coursier

    Pure Scala Artifact Fetching

    Project mention: babashka not working - Fatal error: Failed to create the main Isolate. (code 8) | /r/AsahiLinux | 2023-06-01

    This is an upstream page size issue, equivalent issue here: https://github.com/coursier/coursier/issues/2636

  • sol

    MacOS launcher & command palette

    Project mention: Power User's Guide to the Galaxy | /r/MacOS | 2023-05-02

    Sol open source alternative

  • Olauncher

    Minimal AF Launcher for Android. Reduce your screen time. Daily wallpapers.

    Project mention: Minimal Ad-Free Android Launcher | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-10
  • Neo-Launcher

    Neo-Launcher

    Project mention: DuckDuckGo owns the #2 position in mobile market share in the US | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-05-17

    You can remove the Google search bar from a Pixel phone or any Android phone by replacing the launcher.

    I recommend Neo Launcher, which is free and open source: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher

  • openlauncher

    Customizable and Open Source Launcher for Android

    Project mention: Does anyone remember this launcher? | /r/androidapps | 2023-04-02

    Maybe OpenLauncher then, them play store version stopped getting updated in 2017 but it's still actively being updated. Black icon with a C shape inside of it https://github.com/OpenLauncherTeam/openlauncher

  • BoilR

    Synchronize games from other platforms into your Steam library (by PhilipK)

    Project mention: steam input in lutris games? | /r/linux_gaming | 2023-12-08

    The easiest way to do this is to use Boilr. It supports Lutris and will add your Lutris games to Steam as shortcut automatically (and also download game art from SteamGridDB if you give it an API number). Boilr is also on Flathub so installing it and using it is super super easy.

  • TUI-ConsoleLauncher

    Linux CLI Launcher for Android

    Project mention: The best Android Launcher in 2023 ? | /r/androidapps | 2023-04-26

    I've been rocking T-UI since like 6 years now and haven't looked back. It doesn't get more minimal than that. Plus it gives you all the benefits of a CLI, and is way less system heavy than T-E-L.

  • GDLauncher

    GDLauncher is a simple, yet powerful Minecraft custom launcher with a strong focus on the user experience

    Project mention: trying to install Tlauncher | /r/pop_os | 2023-05-20

    I used to use GDLauncher, but I would not recommend installing a launcher that lets issues like this one go by for almost a year without being fixed: https://github.com/gorilla-devs/GDLauncher/issues/1288

  • Collapse Launcher

    An Advanced Launcher for miHoYo Games

  • bloxstrap

    An open-source, alternative bootstrapper for Roblox.

    Project mention: Roblox web store version performance is worse than the Microsoft store version? | /r/robloxhackers | 2023-12-10

    bro checkout : https://github.com/pizzaboxer/bloxstrap

  • SaaSHub

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2024-03-20.

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Launcher projects? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 Wox 23,860
2 nnn 18,043
3 cerebro 8,203
4 Playnite 8,029
5 albert 7,048
6 Flow.Launcher 6,066
7 Launcher 4,102
8 xplr 3,881
9 Ulauncher 3,367
10 ueli 3,341
11 CreamInstaller 2,618
12 FFXIVQuickLauncher 2,497
13 cairoshell 2,444
14 coursier 2,002
15 sol 1,791
16 Olauncher 1,553
17 Neo-Launcher 1,454
18 openlauncher 1,393
19 BoilR 1,288
20 TUI-ConsoleLauncher 1,198
21 GDLauncher 1,162
22 Collapse Launcher 1,112
23 bloxstrap 1,078
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