# Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher

:mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

Repository: https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flowlauncher
Homepage: https://flowlauncher.com
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: search, launcher, portable, plugins, alfred, spotlight, launchy, wox, productivity, productivity-tools, flow-launcher, finder, listary, windows, desktop, hacktoberfest, application-launcher, keyboard-launcher, raycast
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:40:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2325, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 86, "gap_med": 28, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15440, forks 636 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:09.835552+00:00)

## What it is
Flow Launcher is a free, open-source quick file search and app launcher for Windows, triggered by a customizable hotkey. It supports community-made plugins in C#, F#, Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript, and ships as an installer or portable build.

## Use cases
- quickly launch apps on windows with a hotkey
- search files and file contents instantly
- search browser bookmarks and windows settings
- run shell and system commands from a launcher
- extend a launcher with custom plugins
- alternative to alfred, spotlight, or raycast on windows

## When to choose
- you want a keyboard-driven launcher on Windows 10+
- you need a portable or winget/scoop/choco-installable tool
- you want a plugin ecosystem to add search sources

## When to avoid
- you are on macOS or Linux
- you only need a mouse-driven start menu replacement

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, plugin-system, cli
- domain: developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: app-launcher, file-search, spotlight-alternative, keyboard-driven, portable, desktop

## Member repositories
- Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.835552+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:05:51.702087+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.835552+00:00, sha d2b11bc73393)
  - homepage: https://flowlauncher.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:02.311405+00:00, sha ef7dd5aedf65)
  - site_page: https://www.flowlauncher.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:02.320543+00:00, sha 5604b823fae6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.