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Anyone knows an alliterative to Alfred in Windows or Linux? I really really like the ability to search apps with a few keystrokes and I really really like to b

Anyone knows an alliterative to Alfred in Windows or Linux? I really really like the ability to search apps with a few keystrokes and I really really like to be able to search clipboard history with another few keystrokes. Nothing I've found are doing both or one as good as Alfred.

weavie 10y ago
Not sure about searching clipboard history, but just about every Linux window manager has a decent application launcher 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 https://github.com/ManuelSchneid3r/albert
rcarmo 10y ago
I use Kupfer on Openbox and LXDE, and it does a lot of what I need (it's more similar to Quicksilver than to Alfred).
pacifika 10y ago
Farr (http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/index.html http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/index.h...) and ArsClip (http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/97/ http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/97/)
zeveb 10y ago
> I really really like the ability to search apps with a few keystrokes GNOME does this out of the box. It's possible to add this to e.g. StumpWM, i3 or AwesomeWM too. Similar functionality is available in emacs with Helm: search through all callable functions by just typing a few characters. > I really really like to be able to search clipboard history with another few keystrokes Emacs does this, with yank-pop (M-y); Helm turns this into helm-show-kill-ring, which offers extremely convenient searchability. I really can't recommend emacs highly enough: it's everything one could want in an operating environment.
- keithpeter 10y ago
  dmenu from suckless-tools springs to mind as well, but, as you say the 'hit-windows-key-type-part-of-name-or-function' facility is a native part of Gnome Shell (default DE with Fedora). Whisker-menu for XFCE4 can be bound to windows key (Mod4). In KDE 4.14, you can bind a chord such as Windows-key-space or some other letter to bring up the application launcher.
slantyyz 10y ago
On Windows, it's probably a combination of multiple tools. Some examples: * For searching and browsing, Listary Pro is pretty good. * For text expansion, AutoHotKey * Automating, maybe AutoHotKey again. * Clipboard stuff - Ditto, Clip X As I mentioned in another post, Scott Hanselman's giant developer tools list is particularly useful: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2014UltimateDeveloperAndPowerUsersToolListForWindows.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2014UltimateDev...
- orkoden 10y ago
  ac’tivAid is a superb script collection for AutoHotKey. http://www.ghacks.net/2014/09/24/activaid-is-a-useful-autohotkey-script-collection/ http://www.ghacks.net/2014/09/24/activaid-is-a-useful-autoho... https://www.heise.de/download/product/activaid-24593 https://www.heise.de/download/product/activaid-24593

weavie 10y ago

Not sure about searching clipboard history, but just about every Linux window manager has a decent application launcher 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 https://github.com/ManuelSchneid3r/albert

rcarmo 10y ago

I use Kupfer on Openbox and LXDE, and it does a lot of what I need (it's more similar to Quicksilver than to Alfred).

pacifika 10y ago

Farr (http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/index.html http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/index.h...) and ArsClip (http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/97/ http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/97/)

zeveb 10y ago

> I really really like the ability to search apps with a few keystrokes GNOME does this out of the box. It's possible to add this to e.g. StumpWM, i3 or AwesomeWM too. Similar functionality is available in emacs with Helm: search through all callable functions by just typing a few characters. > I really really like to be able to search clipboard history with another few keystrokes Emacs does this, with yank-pop (M-y); Helm turns this into helm-show-kill-ring, which offers extremely convenient searchability. I really can't recommend emacs highly enough: it's everything one could want in an operating environment.

keithpeter 10y ago
dmenu from suckless-tools springs to mind as well, but, as you say the 'hit-windows-key-type-part-of-name-or-function' facility is a native part of Gnome Shell (default DE with Fedora). Whisker-menu for XFCE4 can be bound to windows key (Mod4). In KDE 4.14, you can bind a chord such as Windows-key-space or some other letter to bring up the application launcher.

slantyyz 10y ago

On Windows, it's probably a combination of multiple tools. Some examples: * For searching and browsing, Listary Pro is pretty good. * For text expansion, AutoHotKey * Automating, maybe AutoHotKey again. * Clipboard stuff - Ditto, Clip X As I mentioned in another post, Scott Hanselman's giant developer tools list is particularly useful: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2014UltimateDeveloperAndPowerUsersToolListForWindows.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2014UltimateDev...

orkoden 10y ago
ac’tivAid is a superb script collection for AutoHotKey. http://www.ghacks.net/2014/09/24/activaid-is-a-useful-autohotkey-script-collection/ http://www.ghacks.net/2014/09/24/activaid-is-a-useful-autoho... https://www.heise.de/download/product/activaid-24593 https://www.heise.de/download/product/activaid-24593