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Desktop App

Kando

A pie menu for your desktop that launches apps and shortcuts in one flick.

Visit Kando4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Windows, macOS, Linux

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What is Kando?

Kando is a free, open-source pie menu for Windows, macOS and Linux. Press a shortcut and a circular menu pops up under your cursor, then flick toward an item to open apps, run commands, paste text or trigger shortcuts, so the things you do every day are one quick gesture away.

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Pros: what Kando does well

  • Fast, gesture-based access to actions
  • Works with mouse, pen or touch
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Menus take a little time to set up
  • Some features vary by platform

Who Kando is for

People who repeat the same actions and want them one flick away.

Who can skip it

Anyone who prefers keyboard-only launchers.

Kando alternatives

Not sold on Kando? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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Kanata

Focus: keyboard remapping and ergonomics. Shares shortcuts and open source with Kando. Rated 4.5 (Kando: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

Karabiner-Elements

Focus: keyboard remapping, hyper key and macos. Shares shortcuts and open source with Kando. A Mac app, not a desktop app. Rated 4.7 (Kando: 4.6).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit

keyd

Focus: keyboard, key remapping and linux. Shares shortcuts and open source with Kando. Rated 4.5 (Kando: 4.6).

OtherFreeLinux
4.5Visit

RaycastEditor's pick, verified

Focus: keyboard. Shares launcher and shortcuts with Kando. Freemium (Kando: Free). Adds iOS. Rated 4.9 (Kando: 4.6).

Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.9Visit

Nushell

Focus: shell, command line and data pipelines. Shares open source and github with Kando. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

Free alternatives to Kando

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Task

Focus: task runner, automation and build tool. Shares open source and github with Kando. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

topgrade

Focus: updates, package manager and automation. Shares open source and github with Kando. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

Dasel

Focus: json, yaml and data conversion. Shares open source and github with Kando. Rated 4.5 (Kando: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

Wox

Focus: app launcher, keyboard shortcuts and plugins. Shares open source and github with Kando. Rated 4.5 (Kando: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

Coolify

Focus: self-hosting, deployment and hosting. Shares open source and github with Kando. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (Kando: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.7Visit
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