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24 alternatives to Paletro

Enable command palette (⇧⌘P) in any application on macOS

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

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    Sol▲173

    Open source macOS command palette

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Command palette for your web app - like SuperHuman, VimCal

    2022 · searchegg.io · its alternatives →

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    Use ChatGPT across all your applications, using a shortcut

    2023 · palettebrain.com · its alternatives →

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    Palette▲78

    Generate Custom Tailwind Color Palettes from a prompt

    2023 · palette.tone-row.com · its alternatives →

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    Osara▲83

    Osara brings Command Palette for app menus to all your apps

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Headless React hook for cmd palettes zero deps, no Provider

    Feb 2026 · rahulpatwa1303.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Generate color palettes with a click of the mouse

    2021 · mobilepalette.colorion.co · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Hi HN, I’m Emil, the maker behind Palette. I’ve been tinkering with AI and colorization for about five years. This is my latest colorization model. It’s a text-based AI colorizer, so you can edit the colorizations with natural language. To make it easier to use, I also automatically create captions and generate filters. Let me know what you think. You can see some of my results on my reddit page: https://www.reddit.com/user/emilwallner/?sort=top

    2022 · palette.fm · its alternatives →

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    Thoughtfully crafted color palettes now on your mac menubar

    2019 · culrs.app · its alternatives →

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    A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

    2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →

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    Carbonize▲180

    Beautiful images of code by Carbon, natively on your Mac

    2019 · dangercove.com · its alternatives →

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    kmenu▲99

    An animated and accessible command menu

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Create, analyze and edit smooth color palettes

    2019 · bairesdev.com · its alternatives →

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    Paletter▲129

    Create Professional Color Palettes from a Single Color

    2021 · paletter.app · its alternatives →

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    Copy-paste your color palette in a blink 🤙

    2019 · copypalette.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    Get the essential colours from any website

    2018 · palette.site · its alternatives →

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    Figgy▲152

    A better native Figma app for Mac with dark mode ✨

    2019 · ravenyu.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    A fast, composable, unstyled command palette for Vue.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Palette▲117

    A no fuss color palette generator Chrome Extension.

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Everything you need in one native macOS command bar

    Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate shades & tints for color with its Tailwind config

    2021 · tailwind-color-palette.netlify.app · its alternatives →

  22. 22SV

    I believe that command palettes are one of the greatest inventions for improving productivity of a complex application. I wanted to see if the concept could be taken much further. Specifically to the point that I could be more efficient than using hotkeys. I feel that I have achieved that goal for myself. However, I am very curious to get broader input on the concepts on which I have been working. I have a concrete implementation I have built for Eclipse here with some animated gifs: https://github.com/dakaraphi/eclipse-plugin-commander/blob/m... The conceptual…

    2017 · its alternatives →

  23. 23PC
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    Build your dream command palette

    2022 · react-cmdk.com · its alternatives →

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