Comparison of desktop application launchers

Comparison of desktop application launchers

This is a comparison of application launcher software in desktop environments.

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Windows

Creator Latest stable version Release date OS Free according to the FSF Software license Open source Plugin Support
Appetizer Laurent Cozic 1.4 February 13, 2010;
20 months ago (2010-02-13)		 Microsoft Windows Yes GPL Yes Yes
ASuite SalvadorSoftware 1.5.1.2 May 24, 2008;
3 years ago (2008-05-24)		 Microsoft Windows Yes GPL Yes No
CAL Sentax Solutions 0.0.279 January 5, 2009;
2 years ago (2009-01-05)		 Microsoft Windows No Proprietary No No
Launchy Josh Karlin 2.5.0 April 4, 2010;
19 months ago (2010-04-04)		 Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X Yes GPL Yes Yes
LiberKey Essential SARL 5.5.0717 July 17, 2011;
4 months ago (2011-07-17)		 Microsoft Windows Yes[note 1] GPL Yes No
PortableApps.com Platform Rare Ideas, LLC Next PR 3 August 8, 2011;
3 months ago (2011-08-08)		 Microsoft Windows Yes GPL Yes[note 2] No
SliderDock Dimitri ROOZENDAAL R14 October 11, 2010;
13 months ago (2010-10-11)		 Microsoft Windows Yes Creative Commons No No
SyMenu Gianluca Negrelli 1.13 September 28, 2011;
52 days ago (2011-09-28)		 Microsoft Windows No Proprietary No No
  1. ^ See Authors website http://liberkey.com
  2. ^ PortableApps.com branding is trademarked

Linux

Creator Latest stable version OS Free according to the FSF Software license Open source Plugin Support
Avant Window Navigator Neil J. Patel 0.4 Linux Yes GPL Yes Yes
dmenu dmenu engineers 4.4.1 Linux Yes MIT License Yes No
GNOME Do GNOME Do Developers 0.8.3.1 Linux Yes GPL Yes Yes
Katapult Katapult Developers 0.3.2.1 Linux with KDE Yes GPL Yes Yes
Kupfer Ulrik Sverdrup 206 Linux Yes GPL Yes Yes
Launchy Josh Karlin 2.5.0 Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X Yes GPL Yes Yes
Synapse[1][2] Michal Hruby 0.2.6 Linux Yes GPL v3 Yes Yes

Mac OS X

Creator Latest stable version OS Free according to the FSF Software license Open source Plugin Support
Alfred Running with Crayons 0.9 Mac OS X No Proprietary No No (in active development)
Butler Peter Maurer 4.1.6 Mac OS X No Proprietary No Yes
LaunchBar Objective Development 5.1.3 Mac OS X No Proprietary No ?
Launchy Josh Karlin 2.5.0 Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X Yes GPL Yes ?
Quicksilver Blacktree Software 1.0ß60 Mac OS X Yes Apache License Yes Yes

Although arguable, some consider desktop search tools to be application launchers as well, given their ability to quickly find and launch indexed applications. Such desktop search tools able to launch applications as well include Spotlight or Google Desktop. For a broader list see Desktop Search tools.

See also

  • List of dock applications

References

  1. ^ "Synapse Main Project Page". https://launchpad.net/synapse-project. Retrieved 2011-10-31. 
  2. ^ "Synapse review at omgubuntu.co.uk". http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/synapse-gnome-do-launcher-app-review-ubuntu/. Retrieved 2011-10-31. 

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