Overview

launcher.el is a Raycast/Alfred/LaunchBar alternative, but inside Emacs. Part of an ongoing effort to reduce app dependencies by replacing external tools with Emacs — one app at a time.

Combined with M-x.app, you can bind it to Cmd+Space and get a system-wide launcher that never leaves your editor.

Installation

(use-package launcher
  :vc (:url "https://github.com/xiaoxinghu/launcher.el" :rev :newest))

What it does now

• Launch any installed macOS application
• Fall back to a web search if no app matches

Roadmap

• Bang commands — !g query, !gh repo, !yt video to redirect input to configurable URL templates
• Custom commands — register named Elisp actions alongside apps via launcher-register-command
• Built-in extensions — calculator, clipboard history, window management, system commands (sleep/lock/restart), file search, quick links, snippets