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Launchie 1.6.1

Launchpad Replacement for MacOS 27 Golden Gate

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Apple removed Launchpad in macOS 26 and kept it out of 27. Launchie brings the grid back: arrange apps your way, unlimited folders, Spaces for separate app pages, and instant search. Free to use, Pro is a one-time purchase. Mac App Store and Homebrew.

PH · launched Sep 20, 2026 · 104 upvotes (top 1%) · 0 views

Niche: application and game launchers · 233 launches, 5 in the last 7 days ▼ -84% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Workflow automation
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Mac
  • Productivity
  • Apple

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Could you build this?

Yes It is a native macOS application that presents an application launcher grid by querying installed `.app` bundles, categorizing them, and presenting an AppKit/SwiftUI interface.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 391 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #15 of 392 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 308 days after the earliest competitor.

  • LaunchHome · ph · 2026-10-18 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.75
  • IconPane · ph · 2026-09-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.74
  • CubbyPad · ph · 2026-10-31 · 63 upvotes · similarity 0.74
  • Liftoff · ph · 2026-10-05 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.74
  • ModusPad · ph · 2026-09-29 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.74
  • keytide · ph · 2026-11-02 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.67
  • Liftoff · github · 2026-10-01 · 28 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • StartPad - A Launchpad for Windows · ph · 2026-09-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56

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