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A fast and flexible keyboard launcher

20 mentions on Hacker News by 18 people: 5 stories, 15 comments · first 2015-02-19 · latest 2022-06-05

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  1. Wayback link to the issue: https://web.archive.org/web/20210225183856/https://github.co...
    comment by aragilar · 2022-06-05 · in Albert – open-source keyboard launcher for Linux
  2. …on the website: https://albertlauncher.github.io/installing/#from-source that refers their github: https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert.git
    comment by galkk · 2022-06-05 · in Albert – open-source keyboard launcher for Linux
  3. …would be nice. Is this cross platform? Or Linux only? It seems Mac is on the todo-list ( https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert/issues/1050 ) but I don't see a Mac binary download, so I assume it's not ready yet? Although the issue was…
    comment by albertzeyer · 2022-06-04 · in Albert – open-source keyboard launcher for Linux
  4. Should also mention Albert for Linux (a project similar to Alfred for MacOS) https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
    comment by wazzaps · 2021-06-04 · in Command Palette Interfaces
  5. Just found one called "Albert" [1] https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
    comment by gitgud · 2020-11-08 · in Using Alfred to open your GitHub repositories in the browser
  6. …So far it works well - it would have been nice if something like it was included by default. https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
    comment by bobbiechen · 2020-04-23 · in If a MacBook Pro runs hot or shows high kernel CPU, try charging it on the right
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    story by bobbiechen · 2020-04-19 · 0 comments
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    story by gcatalfamo · 2020-01-10 · 0 comments
  9. …a different OS. Any launcher is better than the default search on windows 10, for example. [1] https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert [2] https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi [3] https://ulauncher.io [4] http://keypirinha.com [5]…
    comment by least · 2019-10-23 · in Ask HN: How did you build up your personal knowledge base?
  10. As for Alfred replacement... How about [Albert]( https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert )?
    comment by dnzm · 2017-11-29 · in macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty password
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    story by humility · 2017-11-04 · 0 comments
  12. > I haven't found an easy app for Linux that works like Search Everything on Windows. https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
    comment by pier25 · 2017-04-12 · in Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
  13. …are quite a few of these Quicksilver-clones these days: * Ulauncher http://ulauncher.io/ * Albert https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert#albert- * Synapse https://launchpad.net/synapse-project * Kupfer https://kupferlauncher.github.io/ *…
    comment by unhammer · 2017-02-26 · in Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain
  14. …have a look at Albert [0]. I use Albert in Linux Mint as a replacement for the Main menu. [0] https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
    comment by Rotareti · 2017-01-29 · in Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X – Part 2
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    Albert: Alfred-like launcher app for Linux
    story by amjd · 2017-01-11 · 0 comments
  16. …that can be easily accessed with the keyboard. I haven't tried it, but Albert may be worth a look : https://github.com/ManuelSchneid3r/albert
    comment by weavie · 2017-01-03 · in Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X
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    Albert omnilauncher
    story by hackerkid · 2016-10-31 · 0 comments
  18. …over your workflows and data. IMO this is something which cannot be valued highly enough. [0] https://github.com/ManuelSchneid3r/albert
    comment by Rotareti · 2016-10-31 · in Elementary OS
  19. …but: http://do.cooperteam.net/ Gnome Do looks like a Quicksilver clone. Seems stalled for a year. https://github.com/ManuelSchneid3r/albert Alfred-inspired, though possibly moving a little slow (no updates for a month, and those were…
    comment by geoelectric · 2015-02-19 · in Ask HN: Switching from OS X to Linux
  20. On the same note as Synapse, give Albert a try; it's inspired a bit more directly by Alfred https://github.com/ManuelSchneid3r/albert
    comment by joshuapants · 2015-02-19 · in Ask HN: Switching from OS X to Linux