Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Alfred

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.

Product categories

App Launcher Automation Business Workflows Clipboard Manager Internet Of Things IoT Mac Mac Tools Productivity Shortcuts Text Expander Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Alfred are Keypirinha, Raycast, and Quicksilver. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Keypirinha Landing Page
1

Keypirinha

A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable).
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Mac #Windows Tools 32 social mentions
Raycast Landing Page
2

Raycast

Fastest way to control Jira, GitHub and other web apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 36 social mentions
Quicksilver Landing Page
3

Quicksilver

Quicksilver is a fast and free Mac OS X productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly. Quicksilver learns your habits, making your everyday chores simple and efficient.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Windows Tools #Mac 13 social mentions
Albert Landing Page
4

Albert

Omnilauncher for Linux to help you quickly find and run apps and do other useful things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Automation #Robotics Process Automation #Mac 16 social mentions
CerebroApp Landing Page
5

CerebroApp

Productivity booster with a brain
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Windows Tools #Mac 4 social mentions
Ulauncher Landing Page
6

Ulauncher

Fast application launcher for Linux. Custom shortcuts for web URLs and scripts.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Windows Tools #Mac 29 social mentions
Ring Landing Page
7

Ring

Ring is a secure and distributed voice, video and chat communication platform that requires no...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #Mac #IoT
Spotlight Landing Page
8

Spotlight

With Spotlight, you can find apps, documents, and other files on your Mac. And with Spotlight Suggestions, you can also get news, sports, movies, weather, and more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 5 social mentions
Maccy Landing Page
9

Maccy

Lightweight open-source clipboard manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Clipboard Manager #Mac #Productivity 49 social mentions
dmenu Landing Page
10

dmenu

dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac #Productivity #App Launcher 22 social mentions
cheat.sh Landing Page
11

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cheat.sh

The only cheat sheet you need Unified access to the best community driven documentation
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac #Text Expander #Shortcuts 51 social mentions
TLDR pages Landing Page
12

TLDR pages

The TLDR pages are a community effort to simplify the beloved man pages with practical examples.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Shortcuts #Text Expander #Mac