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Chuck Is A Lightweight, Customisable Application Launcher For Mac

Mac OS X: Chuck is a very simple, extremely lightweight, and – as a result – super-fast application launcher. It’s not going to please hardcore users, but will win over people who just want to launch apps from the keyboard as fast as possible.

June 15, 2011
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Snap Automatically Assigns Keyboard Shortcuts To Your Dock For Quick App Launching And Switching

Mac: Snap is a tiny little app that automatically assigns keyboard shortcuts to the first 10 items in your dock, making it easy to launch them and switch between them via your keyboard. Additionally, you can manually assign keyboard shortcuts to any other app beyond the initial 10, whether it’s in your dock or not.

May 13, 2011
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Alfred Gains Global Shortcuts, Is Serious Quicksilver Alternative

Mac OS X: App launcher and file utility Alfred updated to include a host of new shortcut and synchronisation features that bring it on par with the not-quite-dead Quicksilver, not to mention blinding speed.

May 8, 2011
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MadAppLauncher Is A Free, Visual Application Launcher

Windows: Most application launchers take a minimal approach, but MadAppLauncher shows you what applications you can launch and then lets you open them with a keystroke. You can still launch apps entirely with keyboard commands, but you’ll have the benefit of a full UI to see what you’re doing.

January 14, 2011
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Apptivate Launches Applications With Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

Mac OS X: While it’s no AutoHotkey, Apptivate is a simple way to assign keyboard shortcuts to applications on a Mac. This means you can run AppleScripts with nothing more than a keystroke, too.

December 3, 2010
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Synapse Is A Fast, Tightly Integrated Application Launcher For Linux

Linux: Free app Synapse goes beyond the simple application launcher to tightly integrate with your Linux system, quickly accessing any recent action you’ve performed so you can return to it or perform something similar in an instant.

November 2, 2010
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Magic Launch Customises How You Open Files On Your Mac

Mac OS X: Magic Launch lets you choose the way your Mac opens files, letting you not only enforce defaults for certain file types but set rules to exert complete control over the way your files work on your computer.

October 7, 2010
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Himmelbar Puts An Applications Menu In The OS X Menubar

Mac OS X: It’s been a while, but if you still miss launching applications from the menubar a la OS 9 (and earlier), Himmelbar gives you quick menubar access to every application on your hard drive.

September 30, 2010
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*Spark Is A Colourful, Info Stream-Based Android Launcher

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September 23, 2010
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The Handy Start Menu Organises Your Applications For You

Windows only: Freeware utility The Handy Start Menu organises the applications in your Start Menu into categories automatically so you don’t have to deal with organising everything yourself.

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