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24 alternatives to Lacona

Superpowers for your keyboard. Don't just search—Command.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lacona launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Lacona▲645

   Fast, simple, powerful keyboard-driven commands for Mac

   2016 · lacona.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Lacona – Search and natural language commands for Mac▲36

   Lacona 2 for Mac - Don

   2020 · lacona.app · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Switch for macOS▲174

   Keyboard-driven commands to navigate your mac apps faster.

   2021 · get-switch.app · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Wooshy▲106

   Search the macOS UI and click with the keyboard

   2022 · wooshy.app · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Switch▲135

   Keyboard-driven commands to navigate your apps faster

   2019 · get-switch.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Homerow▲175

   Keyboard shortcuts for every button in macOS

   2023 · homerow.app · its alternatives →

7. 7VP
   Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation▲375

   2020 · vimacapp.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Moves for macOS▲180

   Position macOS windows like a goddamn wizard ✨

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Keyboard Maestro▲216

   Conduct your Mac like a pro

   2016 · keyboardmaestro.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Pie Menu – a radial menu for macOS▲309

    Hi everyone! I'm Marius Hauken, an indie developer, and I'm excited to share my app: Pie Menu. It offers a fresh way to access your favorite menu bar commands and keyboard shortcuts on macOS. By simply pressing a hotkey you choose during setup, a radial menu appears around your cursor, customized to the current active application. This allows you to quickly select commands without having to remember complex shortcuts across different applications. Pie Menu comes with a library of preprogrammed commands for popular apps, but you can easily add any app on your computer. We've also created an…

    2024 · pie-menu.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Klack▲179

    Satisfying sound with every keystroke

    2025 · tryklack.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Apptivate▲126

    Launch Mac apps with custom keyboard shortcuts

    2016 · apptivateapp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Mermaid▲59

    Tell your Mac what to do. From literally anywhere

    8d ago · addmermaid.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    HyperCaps for macOS▲122

    Turn CapsLock into a Super Key & Boost Productivity

    Feb 2026 · hypercaps.auramark-studio.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Mission Control Plus for Mac▲137

    Quickly manage open windows in Mission Control on the Mac

    2019 · fadel.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Cursor Crane▲84

    Control your Mac at the pace of your keyboard

    Jul 2026 · cursorcrane.expressionloss.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Command E▲147

    Blazing-fast search for your cloud & computer

    2020 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Powering▲105

    Your ring of power for macOS

    Feb 2026 · powering.sh · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Finbar▲104

    Supercharged menu bar search for your Mac

    2023 · finbarapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Yubi▲64

    Talk to your Mac and let Yubi do the typing

    20d ago · yubichan.ai · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Gutta▲142

    A tiny, offline task list for your Mac menu bar

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Pawvis▲101

    Control your Mac via camera & train gestures, local & FOSS

    Aug 2026 · pawvis.app · its alternatives →

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    ExtraBar▲152

    Hey Hacker News The ones that know me here know that I am a productivity geek. After DockFlow to manage my Dock and ExtraDock, which gives me more space to manage my apps and files, I decided to tackle the macOS big boss: the menu bar. I spend ~40% of my day context-switching between apps — Zoom meetings, Slack channels, Code projects, and Figma designs. My macOS menu bar has too many useless icons I almost never use. So I thought to myself, how can I use this area to improve my workflows? Most solutions (Bartender, Ice) require screen recording permissions, and did not really solve my…

    Dec 2025 · extrabar.app · its alternatives →

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    Command E 2.0▲110

    Your Everything Search

    2020 · its alternatives →

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