CubbyPad
Launchpad is back on macOS 26, and it's smarter
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Apple removed Launchpad in macOS 26. CubbyPad brings back the full-screen app grid: pages, folders you arrange, F4, hot corners and the trackpad pinch. Then it goes further: a search bar that does maths, opens System Settings pages and runs your Shortcuts; Apple Intelligence that sorts your apps into folders on your Mac; and a row of the apps you use at this time of day. One-time purchase for 2 Macs, in 20 languages.
PH · launched Oct 31, 2026 · 63 upvotes (top 3%) · 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
- Productivity
- Artificial Intelligence
- Apple
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Could you build this?
Yes A macOS app that recreates a Launchpad-style app grid with search, Shortcuts, and settings integration is achievable in Swift/AppKit, with Apple Intelligence reachable through Apple's on-device frameworks.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 487 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #56 of 488 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 349 days after the earliest competitor.
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- StartPad - A Launchpad for Windows · ph · 2026-09-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
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