WoX

WoX is a launcher for Windows that simply works. It's an alternative to Alfred and Launchy.

Features

Search for everything—applications, UWP, folders, files and more.
Use pinyin to search for programs / 支持用拼音搜索程序
- wyy / wangyiyun → 网易云音乐
Keyword plugin search g search_term
Search youtube, google, twitter and many more
Build custom themes at http://www.wox.one/theme/builder
Install plugins from http://www.wox.one/plugin
Portable mode
Auto-complete text suggestion
Highlighting of how results are matched during query search

Installation

Download from releases.
- Option 1: download Wox-Full-Installer.*.exe, which include all dependency.
- Option 2: download Wox.*.exe, which only include wox itself. You may install Everything and Python using below instruction.
Windows may complain about security due to code not being signed. This will be fixed later.
Requirements:
- .NET >= 4.6.2 or Windows version >= 10 1607 (Anniversary Update)
- [Optional] Integrate with everything
  1. Download .exe installer
  2. Use x64 if your windows is x64
  3. Version >= 1.4.1 is supported
- [Optional] Use Python plugins
  1. install python3
  2. add it to %PATH% or set it in WoX settings

Usage

Launch: Alt+Space
Context Menu: Ctrl+O
Cancel/Return: Esc
Install/Uninstall plugin: type wpm install/uninstall
Reset: delete %APPDATA%\Wox
Log: %APPDATA%\Wox\Logs

Contribution

First and most importantly, star it!
Send PR to master branch
I'd appreciate if you could solve help_wanted labeled issue

Build

Install Visual Studio 2019 with .NET desktop development and Universal Windows Platform development

Documentation

Wiki
Outdated doc: WoX doc.
Just ask questions in issues for now.

Thanks

I would like to thank

Raygun for their free crash reporting account.
JetBrains for Open Source licence.