Show HN: Wox – an open source launcher for windows inspired by Alfred and Launchy

I have been using this for a while. It is good. It is not a replacement to GNOME Do yet (I am not sure if plugins bridge the gap) but I have found that the application search is much faster compared to the Windows 7 Start Menu.<p>If the dev is here I have a question&#x2F;bug report: Every time I reboot my machine, there is a error dialog (with a huge stack trace) that I have to dismiss. I see from the stack trace that it complains about not finding certain applications. I have realized that these applications were on my system when I first installed Wox, but since uninstalled.<p>Thanks for making this utility though. Makes my life on Windows 7 a bit easier.

I&#x27;m willing to try this, and it would have been really nice to have during the Win8&#x2F;7 days but...<p>What purpose does it serve in Windows 10? Every feature and voice recognition seems to be part of the basic Win10 search (although you need to tweak it a bit to get local content search mixed in with app launches; I usually turn that off on spotlight).<p>Part of the reason I really like Win10 is that it has something that has parity with these older tools. Indeed, Win10 is rightfully referred to as a search-driven OS. Most help articles refer to searching from the top level box into other apps, that can trivially publish search targets.

Docs say the keyboard shortcuts for this is alt+space. Does this mean that if I install this, I can no longer access the standard alt+space windows menu to minimize, resize, etc? If so, can the shortcut for Wox be changed? I&#x27;ve used the standard windows menu since at least windows 3.0.

When i read launcher i thought i am going to see a a Windows Environment replacement. Damn Android terminology. Anyway, i would definitly try that when i would have Windows.<p>It is one of the typical missing features that let me wonder how windows people can even talk about productivity. Kudos.

Very cool! I&#x27;ve been hoping something like this would get active development again, since Launchy basically died.<p>Alfred&#x27;s been pretty good Mac-side.<p>Shame that Synapse &amp; near as I last saw Gnome Do seem to have also died off Linux-side.<p>It&#x27;s a useful product space.

Nice idea but can&#x27;t install most plugins. The installation by wpm or manual complete succesfully yet the plugin is not installed. Example: Switcheroo for Wox; Wox.Plugin.SimpleClock.

Open source, but no github&#x2F;bitbucket links on the project or the plugins? This makes any type of contributing very limiting.

I will give it a try, looks like a good alternative to Launchy. The online readme contains some broken images.

I wanted such a thing so badly that started to write it myself. Thanks!