Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS

Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS by leejoramo on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:37AM (#32411699)

LaunchBar is the original of this style of launcher including using cmd-space, fuzzy search of apps and files, calculator and more actions. LaunchBar originated on NeXT and thus pre-dates Mac OS X. I believe, I started using LaunchBar during the original OS X Beta. It highly influenced QuickSliver, Alfred and Spotlight, Keypirinha, PowerToys Run, etc.

You can still download the old versions all the way back to NeXT:

https://obdev.at/products/launchbar/download-legacy.html

I still using LaunchBar, but it's development has stagnated. I am evaluating the current version of Alfred. Alfred recently added the ability to send the selected file to the application of your choice, which is an essential feature for me.

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Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS by g1ntas on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:51AM (#32411917)

I heard about LaunchBar, never suspected it was originator of “launcher” apps. Probably because it has quite modern design.

If you are looking for a new alternative, try Raycast. It’s supposedely better than Alfred, though for my taste it had too many features (same could be said about Alfred).

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Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS by alsetmusic on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @10:59AM (#32413126)

> You can still download the old versions all the way back to NeXT:

I had no idea Launchbar went back so far! Thanks for this. My respect for that app has been enhanced. I was also on the beta of OS X, but didn’t run into this until many years later.

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