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A cross-platform launcher that simply works

24 mentions on Hacker News by 19 people: 1 story, 23 comments · first 2015-11-23 · latest 2024-01-17

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  1. I find Wox (which also uses Everything) a really great quick launcher, it saves a lot of time. https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by Sybs · 2024-01-17 · in Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows
  2. Use Wox https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox It launches any tool and if it doesn't understand, it starts searching all files using Everything
    comment by Sybs · 2024-01-17 · in Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows
  3. …it has become my daily driver - feel free to check it out at https://github.com/dkgv/pinpoint . [1] https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox [2] https://keypirinha.com/ [3] https://github.com/oliverschwendener/ueli
    comment by otherworldly · 2022-08-10 · in Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
  4. What are the pros and cons to https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox for example? C++ vs. C#?
    comment by jzzskijj · 2020-08-19 · in Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows
  5. …to do everything else from calculator to PirateBay browser for some reason. Original Wox release: https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox Fork that more likely to work with latest Windows 10 since original is seems to be abandoned:…
    comment by nickTheOne · 2020-04-13 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?
  6. Have you tried Wox? https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by 1wd · 2020-02-08 · in Skepticism after Windows 10 search failure
  7. …"is a launcher for Windows that simply works", open source, plugins for searching other things https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by 1wd · 2020-02-08 · in Skepticism after Windows 10 search failure
  8. Combine this with Wox Launcher and you can find any file in seconds with a few key strokes. https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by ytg · 2019-12-28 · in Ask HN: Which project does not have any good open-source alternatives?
  9. Wox Launcher[1] is another great alternative. It appears to be more active than Jarvis. [1] https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by WalterSobchak · 2019-12-23 · in Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows
  10. …everything on your computer. In terms of open source, Wox looks like it does what you're describing https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox .
    comment by judge2020 · 2019-05-01 · in Ask HN: Building a Jarvis for Learning and Work?
  11. …is quite fast. I haven’t gone deeper into it to see how I can avoid duplicate results. [1]: https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by newscracker · 2019-01-07 · in Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
  12. You can use https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox as an interface for Everything which has configurable hotkeys
    comment by Zekio · 2019-01-07 · in Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
  13. Check out Wox for a Spotlight replacement on Windows: https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by Tijdreiziger · 2018-06-14 · in Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user
  14. …best system-wide search compared to Windows or any third-party Windows tools. Have you tried Wox? https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox > Devices like audio interfaces and printers are so much easier to get working than on Windows. Windows…
    comment by Tijdreiziger · 2018-05-24 · in OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out
  15. …coupled with Wox Launcher [2], it's great and just oh so fast! [1] https://www.voidtools.com/ [2] https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by awiesenhofer · 2018-04-06 · in Designing better file organization around tags, not hierarchies (2017)
  16. Shout out for Wox. https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox its what I went to when Launchy stagnated. Its one of the first things I install on new PC's
    comment by wombatpm · 2017-11-22 · in Cortana is really bad
  17. https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox is very similar but has a more active community.
    comment by 1wd · 2017-11-22 · in Cortana is really bad
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    Wox: launcher for Windows, an alternative to Alfred and Launchy
    story by galfarragem · 2017-03-02 · 0 comments
  19. Try https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox or http://alternativeto.net/software/everything/ or https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/ or http://colibri.leetspeak.org/ or http://alternativeto.net/software/listary/?platform=windo…
    comment by seanp2k2 · 2017-02-03 · in The woes of Windows 10
  20. …like "win <TAB>" to select from a list of open windows, "g search-term" to google a term, etc. 1: https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by emmanueloga_ · 2017-01-05 · in Rumors of Cmd’s death have been greatly exaggerated
  21. …OS. I wouldn't say it's perfect but using OS X and then Arch involved different compromises. [1] https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox/
    comment by avtar · 2016-10-28 · in HP: the pros are moving from Mac to Z
  22. A launcher like Wox can work around some of the Start menu issues you listed: https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox It also provides access to common actions such as shutdown and restart. I wouldn't be able to use Windows without :P
    comment by avtar · 2016-08-01 · in Windows 10 one year later: The Anniversary Update
  23. Because someone already did that. https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
    comment by Rohansi · 2016-03-24 · in An 'alt+space' launcher for Windows, built with Electron
  24. …-> release-binary.zip). If you still get the error could you please report the issue here: https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox/issues/
    comment by ishu3101 · 2015-11-23 · in Show HN: Wox – an open source launcher for windows inspired by Alfred and Launchy