@blainesch why did you build it? What don't you like about Alfred? Thoughts on Google Quick Search or Quicksilver (the original launcher, also open source).
@chrismessina thanks for the comment Chris. I wanted plugins to be first class citizens. If you don't like the built-in calculator in Alfred, you end up needing to use a prefix to access it. It has been quite a while since I tried Quick Silver, but at the time I had trouble getting it setup the way I like, such as copying the calculator result to my clipboard, which feels more intuitive. I also like it being cross platform, I often switch between Mac and Ubuntu and not having consistent behavior make's using multiple platforms more difficult.
@blainesch Nice product! I'm using Alfred on my Mac and I'll try Zazu. On my job (Windows) I can't write on "Program Files (x64)". Is there a workarount to select another directory? I don't have admin privileges.
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@blainesch How is Zazu different to other launchers which are open source or created using electron such as Hain or Wox
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@ishu3101 Looks like both Hain and Wox are windows specific. zazu works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Plus, zazu seems to treat everything as a plugin. So even the core functionality can be replaced or tweaked as per your needs. Seems more flexible than the alternatives.
@iamsebj looks like Lacona is mac specific, where as Zazu is cross platform. It does allow extensions, but they appear to need to follow a natural language flow, which is good for speech, but could be seen as extra keystrokes if you are trying to be productive with muscle memory commands.
GUYS IT'S OPEN SOURCE AND CROSS-PLATFORM!!!! (meaning free and anyone can extend it). It has the potential to be the de-facto launcher! Let's all reap the rewards here. Maybe some of us don't like to throw away money like you do -.-
For those who use Gnome shell, you should combine it with this plugin:
https://extensions.gnome.org/ext...
Because right now, if you Alt+Space more than once, the "Zazu is ready" notification popups instead of the actual bar.
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@blainesch With Alfred, if I put in a phrase, like "permission denied,please try again" I get the option to search the web, it does not seem that Zazu has this capability or is this something I need to do with a plugin? Thanks!
@fritzsbm yeah that was an issue with how we determined a build is ready. Basically the website was updated before the artifacts were published. This is the last build that will happen for. It's updated now though! [:
A true Alfred alternative that works on Windows? Man, I'm excited.
I've been disappointed by the lack of quality launcher on Windows. Sure, there's Launchy and Wox. But come on, they're a million miles behind Alfred. I practically gave up on finding a true Windows alternative to Alfred, but now there's this. Thanks @blainesch for giving me hope.
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