@blainesch why did you build it? What don't you like about Alfred? Thoughts on Google Quick Search or Quicksilver (the original launcher, also open source).
@chrismessina thanks for the comment Chris. I wanted plugins to be first class citizens. If you don't like the built-in calculator in Alfred, you end up needing to use a prefix to access it. It has been quite a while since I tried Quick Silver, but at the time I had trouble getting it setup the way I like, such as copying the calculator result to my clipboard, which feels more intuitive. I also like it being cross platform, I often switch between Mac and Ubuntu and not having consistent behavior make's using multiple platforms more difficult.
@blainesch Nice product! I'm using Alfred on my Mac and I'll try Zazu. On my job (Windows) I can't write on "Program Files (x64)". Is there a workarount to select another directory? I don't have admin privileges.
@ishu3101 Looks like both Hain and Wox are windows specific. zazu works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Plus, zazu seems to treat everything as a plugin. So even the core functionality can be replaced or tweaked as per your needs. Seems more flexible than the alternatives.
@iamsebj looks like Lacona is mac specific, where as Zazu is cross platform. It does allow extensions, but they appear to need to follow a natural language flow, which is good for speech, but could be seen as extra keystrokes if you are trying to be productive with muscle memory commands.
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