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Mac App

Quicksilver

The legendary keyboard launcher that lets you control your Mac quickly and elegantly.

Visit Quicksilver4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    macOS

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What is Quicksilver?

Quicksilver is a fast, free and open-source macOS productivity application: launch apps, open files, move or compress them, send messages and much more — all from the keyboard. It learns your habits, supports triggers and hundreds of plugins, and offers multiple interfaces to fit your rhythm.

Pros: what Quicksilver does well

  • Blazing-fast keyboard control of your Mac
  • Hundreds of plugins and triggers
  • Free and open source forever

Cons: where it falls short

  • Mac only
  • Power features take some learning

Compare Quicksilver

See how Quicksilver stacks up, side by side, plus the lists it made.

Quicksilver alternatives

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

All Personal Productivity resources

Karabiner-Elements

Focus: keyboard remapping, shortcuts and hyper key. Shares macos and open source with Quicksilver. Rated 4.7 (Quicksilver: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit

RaycastEditor's pick, verified

Focus: shortcuts. Shares launcher and keyboard with Quicksilver. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Freemium (Quicksilver: Free). Adds Windows and iOS. Rated 4.9 (Quicksilver: 4.5).

Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.9Visit

Microsoft PowerToys

Focus: command palette, windows utilities and raycast alternative. Shares launcher and open source with Quicksilver. A Windows app, not a Mac app. Adds Windows. Rated 4.7 (Quicksilver: 4.5).

Windows AppFreeWindows
4.7Visit

Kando

Focus: pie menu, shortcuts and github. Shares launcher and open source with Quicksilver. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Adds Windows, Linux and Offline. Rated 4.6 (Quicksilver: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

keyd

Focus: key remapping, shortcuts and linux. Shares keyboard and open source with Quicksilver. Adds Linux. Same 4.5 rating.

OtherFreeLinux
4.5Visit

Free alternatives to Quicksilver

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

iTerm2

Focus: terminal, mac and command line. Shares open source with Quicksilver. Rated 4.7 (Quicksilver: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit

Hammerspoon

Focus: mac automation, window management and lua scripting. Shares open source with Quicksilver. Adds Offline. Rated 4.6 (Quicksilver: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.6Visit

simslim

Focus: ios, simulator and xcode. Shares open source with Quicksilver. Same 4.5 rating.

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.5Visit

AutoHotkey

Focus: hotkeys, macros and scripting. Shares open source with Quicksilver. A desktop app, not a Mac app. Adds Windows and Offline. Rated 4.7 (Quicksilver: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, Offline
4.7Visit

Coolify

Focus: self-hosting, deployment and hosting. Shares open source with Quicksilver. A web app, not a Mac app. Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (Quicksilver: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.7Visit
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