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App-launcher projects on GitHub

Launcher apps for opening programs, files, and searches straight from the keyboard.

As of , the most-starred App-launcher projects on GitHub are Wox (27.5K stars), Seelen-UI (18.1K stars) and rubick (10K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 7 App-launcher repositories with 71.5K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was quiver-launcher, with +162 stars in a day.

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71.5KStars in total
+235Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+162

quiver-launcher

tgeorgiadis/quiver-launcher · ★ 2.2K

Quiver Launcher is a desktop app for downloading, installing, and running apps and games from GitHub and GitLab releases, backed by a personal library, a community app catalog, and mod management support.

+45

tinycast

abue-ammar/tinycast · ★ 8.6K

Tinycast is a tiny, fully native macOS launcher: one global hotkey summons a palette for launching apps, clipboard history, snippets, window tiling and more — all under 100 MB of RAM.

+20

Seelen-UI

eythaann/Seelen-UI · ★ 18.1K

Seelen UI is a full desktop environment replacement for Windows 10/11 that lets you rebuild the taskbar, dock, app launcher, window manager, flyouts, and virtual desktops instead of just skinning them.

+7

Wox

Wox-launcher/Wox · ★ 27.5K

Wox is an open-source launcher for Windows, macOS, and Linux — an alternative to Raycast, Alfred, or Spotlight. One input pops up, and you search and act from the keyboard.

The all-time top

7 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · Wox-launcher/Wox

    Wox

    Wox is an open-source launcher for Windows, macOS, and Linux — an alternative to Raycast, Alfred, or Spotlight. One input pops up, and you search and act from the keyboard.

    27.5K
  2. #2 · eythaann/Seelen-UI

    Seelen-UI

    Seelen UI is a full desktop environment replacement for Windows 10/11 that lets you rebuild the taskbar, dock, app launcher, window manager, flyouts, and virtual desktops instead of just skinning them.

    18.1K
  3. #3 · rubickCenter/rubick

    rubick

    Rubick is an open-source, plugin-based desktop efficiency toolbox: one search box that quick-launches local apps, files and folders, and hosts plugins you install from a built-in market.

    10K
  1. 4

    tinycast

    8.6Kabue-ammar/tinycast · Swift

    Tinycast is a tiny, fully native macOS launcher: one global hotkey summons a palette for launching apps, clipboard history, snippets, window tiling and more — all under 100 MB of RAM.

  2. 5

    ZTools

    4KZToolsCenter/ZTools · TypeScript

    ZTools is an open-source implementation of uTools - a high-performance, extensible application launcher and plugin platform for macOS and Windows.

  3. 6

    quiver-launcher

    2.2Ktgeorgiadis/quiver-launcher · C#

    Quiver Launcher is a desktop app for downloading, installing, and running apps and games from GitHub and GitLab releases, backed by a personal library, a community app catalog, and mod management support.

  4. 7

    rustcast

    1.1KMystikoLab/rustcast · Rust

    RustCast is a free, open-source popup launcher for macOS written in Rust: hit a hotkey, start typing, and launch apps, utilities and workflows. It is positioned as an open-source alternative to Raycast.

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