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Wox

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Wox is a cross-platform launcher that simply works. It's an open-source alternative to Alfred and Raycast

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Features

  • Search for applications, folders, files and more
  • AI Chat with MCP support
  • Plugins and Themes
  • Single executable file, no installation required
  • Develop plugins with Javascript, Python

Install

Platform Method Command/Instructions
All Platforms Manual Download from releases and run the single executable file
macOS Homebrew brew tap wox-launcher/wox && brew install wox
Arch Linux AUR yay -S wox-bin or use your preferred AUR helper

Linux Dependencies

Dependency Link Description Install
keybinder https://github.com/kupferlauncher/keybinder For recording the double modifier key hotkey apt install keybinder-3.0

Due to the large number of Linux distributions, we only test Wox on Ubuntu. We cannot guarantee that it will work properly on other Linux platforms.

Usages

Action Shortcut
Toggle App Alt/Command + Space
Show Actions Alt/Command + J
Cancel/Return Esc

Contribution

  • First and most importantly, star it!
  • Send PR
  • Join discussions

Documentation

Sponsors

SignPath Free code signing on Windows provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation

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Languages

Go63.7%Dart20.5%Python4.9%Objective-C4.3%C2.4%C++1.6%TypeScript0.9%CMake0.4%Swift0.3%Makefile0.3%Vue0.3%JavaScript0.2%Perl0.0%Ruby0.0%CSS0.0%XS0.0%Shell0.0%
GNU General Public License v3.0
Created December 19, 2013
Updated March 10, 2026
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