# oliverschwendener/ueli

Cross-Platform Keystroke Launcher

Repository: https://github.com/oliverschwendener/ueli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ueli
Homepage: https://ueli.app
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: keystroke, launcher, productivity, electron, typescript, fluentui, react
Last push: 2026-08-20T12:17:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 89, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3613, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 72, "gap_med": 6.0, "n_releases_24m": 41}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4585, forks 275 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:54.597658+00:00)

## What it is
Ueli is a cross-platform keystroke launcher for Windows, macOS, and Linux built with Electron, TypeScript, React, and Fluent UI. It lets users quickly search and launch applications, files, and other items via a hotkey-triggered search window with extensible plugins.

## Use cases
- launch apps with a hotkey like alt+space
- search files and programs quickly from keyboard
- spotlight alternative for windows and linux
- extend launcher with custom extensions
- favorite frequently used search results
- open calculator and web searches from a command bar

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source, cross-platform launcher on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you prefer a keyboard-driven workflow to open apps and files
- you want an extensible launcher with plugin/extension support

## When to avoid
- you need signed/notarized binaries and cannot bypass OS security warnings
- you only need a launcher on a platform Ueli does not support
- you want a deeply integrated native launcher like macOS Spotlight or PowerToys Run

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: keystroke-launcher, spotlight-alternative, alt-space, app-launcher, search, command-line, macos, linux, electron

## Member repositories
- oliverschwendener/ueli (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:54.597658+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 2026-08-29T18:19:52.584293+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/oliverschwendener/ueli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:54.597658+00:00, sha 8ec4e6ea3049)
  - homepage: https://ueli.app (fetched 2026-08-29T09:05:16.513737+00:00, sha 189d3bae1462)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/ueli (fetched 2026-08-29T09:05:16.522979+00:00, sha a1f87825522d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.