Top 9 Open-Source Alternatives to Portable Start Menu

Product categories

App Launcher Bookmarks Cloud Computing Front End Package Manager Image Optimisation LMS Mac Note Taking OS & Utilities Package Manager Productivity Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Portable Start Menu are PortableApps.com, Classic Shell, and Keypirinha. 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.

PortableApps.com Landing Page
1

PortableApps.com

PortableApps.com is a website offering many free, commonly used Windows applications that have been...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #LMS #Bookmarks 149 social mentions
Classic Shell Landing Page
2

Classic Shell

Classic Shell was developed for Windows 8 since that was the first version of the popular operating system to forgo the iconic Start menu.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#OS & Utilities #Note Taking #LMS 18 social mentions
Keypirinha Landing Page
3

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
Scoop Landing Page
4

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions
Cairo Shell Landing Page
5

Cairo Shell

Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Image Optimisation #Note Taking #Cloud Computing 2 social mentions
Cairo-Dock Landing Page
6

Cairo-Dock

Cairo-Dock / GLX-Dock 3. 4 is now available. Cairo-Dock 3. 4 is finally released! One year after the 3.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Productivity #Windows Tools 3 social mentions
dmenu Landing Page
7

dmenu

dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac #Productivity #App Launcher 22 social mentions
Freeter Landing Page
8

Freeter

Freeter is an Organizer for users who work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Project Management #Task Management #Productivity 1 social mentions
Raycast Landing Page
9

Raycast

Fastest way to control Jira, GitHub and other web apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 35 social mentions