Alternatives

Products that do what softwaremenu does

Websoftware – System Tray Application Launcher

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   Zazu▲193

   Open source launcher, an alternative to Alfred

   2017

2. 2
   Wappalyzer▲377

   Identify the software used on the websites you visit

   2015

3. 3
   Tabstack Browser Automation▲388

   Automate the web in your app or agent, no browser to host

   Jul 2026 · tabstack.ai

4. 4TR
   TypeScript/React/Vue Window Layout Manager (Tabs, Floating, Popouts)▲334

   2025 · github.com

5. 5
   Ulauncher▲119

   An application launcher for Linux 🐧

   2017

6. 6
   Magnet 2.0▲735

   Window manager for Mac

   2017 · magnet.crowdcafe.com

7. 7W7
   Windows 7 GUI for the web▲174

   2025 · khang-nd.github.io

8. 8
   MenubarX▲483

   A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.

   2022

9. 9
   Substage▲183

   A natural language command bar for your Mac's Finder window

   2025

10. 10CD
    Container Desktop – Podman Desktop Companion▲464

    2024 · container-desktop.com

11. 11GA
    GUI Applications in Podman on Wayland▲97

    2022 · github.com

12. 12KA
    Komorebi – A tiling window manager for Windows 10/11 written in Rust▲229

    2022 · github.com

13. 13
    RightMenu Master▲292

    Finder right-click menu enhancement tool

    2024

14. 14PE
    Program Explorer, a container playground▲73

    Inspired by Compiler Explorer and other playground/fiddle websites like jsfiddle, db-fiddle, Go playground, and Rust playground, I thought it would be cool to have a playground for nearly any program so I've been working on Program Explorer: a playground for running programs from containers. I am inspired by these playgrounds because they are great educational tools for quickly experimenting and as communication tools by sharing shortlinks that reproduce bugs for instance. I would love for every open source project that publishes a container to get their own playground for free. I'm…

    2025 · programexplorer.org

15. 15WA
    Wox – an open source launcher for windows inspired by Alfred and Launchy▲54

    2015 · getwox.com

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    OrbStack▲170

    Fast, light, simple Docker & Linux on macOS

    2023

17. 17
    TablePlus for Windows▲149

    A native GUI tool for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server & more

    2018

18. 18
    Matterhorn▲163

    Simple and light-weight project management tool

    2015

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    Menu Launcher▲84

    Launch any file, folder or app from your Mac menu bar

    2019

20. 20ZA
    Zazu App – An OSS app launcher, similar to Alfred▲111

    2017 · zazuapp.org

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    iBoysoft MagicMenu▲82

    Add features to Mac right click menu to improve efficiency

    2022

22. 22AT
    A tiling window manager like i3wm written entirely in C#▲121

    2022 · github.com

23. 23DT
    Dwm.tmux – a dwm-inspired window manager for tmux▲101

    Hey, HN! With all recent agentic workflows being primarily terminal- and tmux-based, I wanted to share a little project I created about decade ago. I've continued to use this as my primary terminal "window manager" and wanted to share in case others might find it useful. I would love to hear about other's terminal-based workflows and any other tools you may use with similar functionality.

    Jan 2026 · github.com

24. 24WD
    WSL Dashboard – an open-source,low-memory, high-performance GUI manager▲7

    A modern, high-performance, lightweight, and low-memory WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) instance management dashboard. Built with Rust and Slint for a premium native experience.

    Jun 2026 · github.com

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