Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Spotlight

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.

As Spotlight is an open source project, you can find more open source alternatives and stats on LibHunt.

Product categories

App Launcher Automation Bookmark Manager Bookmark Synchronization Bookmarks Business Workflows Clipboard Manager Collaboration Communication Mac Productivity Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Spotlight are Raycast, Keypirinha, and CerebroApp. 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.

Raycast Landing Page
1

Raycast

Fastest way to control Jira, GitHub and other web apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 35 social mentions
Keypirinha Landing Page
2

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
CerebroApp Landing Page
3

CerebroApp

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

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
Flow launcher Landing Page
5

Flow launcher

Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac
Focus Landing Page
6

Focus

New Tab page that gives you a moment of calm and inspires you to be more productive.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Time Tracking #Tool #Productivity 24 social mentions
Guardo.io Landing Page
7

Guardo.io

Guardo is the fastest and easiest way to collect, organize and bookmark any link on the web.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Bookmarks #Bookmark Manager #Productivity 1 social mentions
Albert Landing Page
8

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
Ulauncher Landing Page
9

Ulauncher

Fast application launcher for Linux. Custom shortcuts for web URLs and scripts.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Windows Tools #Mac 29 social mentions
Franz Landing Page
10

Franz

Franz is your messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Gmail, Telegram and many many more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- €4.0 / Monthly
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 28 social mentions
Hive Landing Page
11

Hive

Seamless project management and collaboration for your team.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- $12.0 / Monthly (Per user)
#Productivity #Project Management #Task Management 9 social mentions
Maccy Landing Page
12

Maccy

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