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For comparison: - Zazu has a github based package manager - A dotfile for configuration (for…",{"value":60,"source":51,"evidence":61},"Free and open source; a paid version exists per maker",[62],{"id":63,"by":11,"text":64},"13318450","I haven't heard of lacona until you just mentioned it, but it does look nice. They also have plugins written in node, but offer a more \"natural language\" search, which Zazu…",{"value":66,"source":51,"evidence":67},"Cross-platform alternative to Alfred that keeps plugins first class",[68],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},[70,79],{"value":71,"source":51,"evidence":72},"Node.js",[73,76],{"id":74,"by":11,"text":75},"13312558","It was implemented in Node and I've not benchmarked it on Windows, but it's probably not as fast. [:",{"id":77,"by":11,"text":78},"13314228","Zazu does allow for keyboard shortcuts, and can do everything the Alfred workflows can, but does not currently provide a GUI for creating the workflows. 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I use MacOS + Linux at work and Windows + Linux at home, so quality cross-platform software is great for consistency.",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"13329143","notheguyouthink","This is really great! I'll have to try it out sometime. I've been wanting a \"replacement\" for Alfred for years. Not because i dislike Alfred, i love it; But because it's a tool…",{"value":111,"source":81,"evidence":112},"Clipboard history is useful",[113,117],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"13314454","hartator","+1 for clipboard history easily searchable. I think in my workflow it's adding so much to my personal productivy. Maybe the best productivy hack in Alfred.",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"13314514","binaryblitz","I love this thing so far. I recently switched to using Mint instead of OSX because I refuse to pay $2300 for a 15\" MBP. 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Also crashed during a file search.",{"value":139,"source":81,"evidence":140},"Calculator and search failed on Linux Mint",[141],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"13313143","wideem","Tested using Linux mint: calculator, google and other things didn't work, the only thing that was working was application launcher",{"value":146,"source":51,"evidence":147},"Lacks Alfred's workflow GUI",[148],{"id":77,"by":11,"text":78},[150,154],{"value":151,"source":81,"evidence":152},"Auto-paste clipboard result on selection",[153],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},{"value":155,"source":81,"evidence":156},"Better file search and indexing",[157,161],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"13312113","ch4s3","How does the file search on Win10 compare to native file search?",{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"13312223","Jaepa","Alfred piggybacks on spotlight's metadata index for finding a file, how does the file finder for this work? This looks great. 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I've created a lot of custom workflows in Alfred to automate things in macOS, such as setting up dev environments (window management) or using the…",{"value":194,"source":81,"evidence":195},"Quicksilver",[196,197],{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},{"id":198,"by":199,"text":200},"13313837","okdana","I tried switching from QS to Alfred ages ago, since Quicksilver development has been stagnant for over 5 years (it's still being updated, but just barely — mostly just…",{"value":202,"source":81,"evidence":203},"Hain",[204],{"id":205,"by":206,"text":207},"13316036","teknologist","I've recently been enjoying using Hain, another spotlight-esque launcher like this one with more features: - A built-in package manager based on NPM - A visual settings editor -…",{"value":209,"source":81,"evidence":210},"Lacona",[211],{"id":212,"by":213,"text":214},"13315102","NicoSantangelo","Seems really similar to Lacona ( https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lacona.io\u002F ), which also has add-ons and it's built on React. 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