5 Free and Open-source Launchers Apps for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon)

1- LaunchMenu

open-source cross-platform launcher

LaunchMenu is an free, open source, cross-platform utility application which brings utilities (applets) to your fingertips. It intends to increase your productivity through it's keyboard-centric design, meanwhile also being extremely customisable with advanced theming and applet settings. The application is styled similar to that of Spotlight for Mac, however it allows for 3rd party applets to be built and installed, further increasing your productivity in any aspect of life.

LaunchMenu runs in the background, and launches when the user presses the "open LaunchMenu" hotkey (⌘ + space/⊞ + space by default).

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2- DSFQuickActionBar

A spotlight-inspired quick action bar for macOS.

DSFQuickActionBar is a spotlight-inspired quick action bar for macOS. AppKit/SwiftUI.

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3- Snap

A better Spotlight search for macOS.

Snap is an application which searches your Files, Contacts and Calendar events using Spotlight Metadata. It has many customization options as well as the ability to speed up your workflow by providing features like music control, clipboard history, snippet expansion and system commands like sleeping, restarting and shutting down the computer. Snap is inspired by Alfred.

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4- Tonnerre

An extensible and productive spotlight alternative

Tonnerre is a pure swift built, extensible, and productive Spotlight alternative. You can consider it as a global search bar with everything you are interested, or it is a text-based Siri who responds to all your requests.

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5- Verve

lightweight and blazingly fast launcher for accessing and opening applications, files and documents.

Verve is a lightweight and blazingly fast launcher for accessing and opening applications, files and documents. It serves as a replacement for popular tools such as Spotlight, Raycast, and Alfred, and is written in the Rust programming language using the Tauri Framework.

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