After a few years I still use Listary as my main search/launcher. It's very quick, has a very nice look and great system of filters and projects. There are problem with new version to be released, but I'm talking about version number 5.
Keypirinha - A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable).
Scherlokk - Mac OS X application. Simple and user friendly, Scherlokk will find your media and missed files - quickly.
Alfred - Alfred is an award-winning app for macOS which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more. Search your Mac and the web, and be more productive with custom actions to control your Mac.
Slingscold - Slingscold is a lightweight application launcher similar to Launchpad in Mac OS X.
Wox - An effective launcher for windows. A full-featured launcher, access programs and web contents as you type. Be more productive ever since. Wox is free for use and open-sourced at Github, Try it now! Download .
kupfer - Kupfer is a command tool heavily inspired by https://alternativeto.