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A lightweight Windows search launcher to quickly find and open apps, files, folders, Windows settings, and web searches with a global keyboard shortcut.
PH · launched Oct 18, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%) · 0 views
Niche: application and game launchers · 223 launches, 25 in the last 7 days ▼ -17% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Search & retrieval
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Open Source
- GitHub
- Menu Bar Apps
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Could you build this?
Yes A keyboard-driven app launcher that indexes apps, files, and settings and opens web searches is a known pattern. It can be built with Electron, Tauri, or a native shell using the Windows Search index or file system scanning.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 221 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #116 of 220 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 347 days after the earliest competitor.
- Lightning · ph · 2026-10-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- StartPad - A Launchpad for Windows · ph · 2026-09-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- scry · github · 2026-10-13 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- TaskbarList · ph · 2026-11-04 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- lightning · github · 2026-10-20 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- WinLauncher Standard · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Atlas File Manager · ph · 2026-11-06 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Location Finder for WordPress · ph · 2026-10-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
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