/Wox

Launcher for Windows, an alternative to Alfred and Launchy.

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WoX

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WoX is a launcher for Windows that simply works. It's an alternative to Alfred and Launchy. You can call it Windows omni-eXecutor if you want a long name.

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Features

  • Search for everything—applications, uwp, folders, files and more.
  • Use pinyin to search for programs / 支持用 拼音 搜索程序
    • wyy / wangyiyun → 网易云音乐
  • Keyword plugin search
    • search google with g search_term
  • Build custom themes at http://www.wox.one/theme/builder
  • Install plugins from http://www.wox.one/plugin

Installation

Download Wox-xxx.exe from releases. Latest as of now is 1.3.524 (1.3.578 for preview channel)

Windows may complain about security due to code not being signed. This will be fixed later.

Versions marked as pre-release are unstable pre-release versions.

  • Requirements:
    • .net >= 4.5.2
    • everything: .exe installer + use x64 if your windows is x64 + everything service is running
    • python3: .exe installer + add it to %PATH% or set it in WoX settings

Usage

  • Launch: Alt+Space
  • Install/Uninstall plugin: type wpm install/uninstall
  • Reset: delete %APPDATA%\Wox
  • Log: %APPDATA%\Wox\Logs

Contribution

  • First and most importantly, star it!
  • Read Coding Style
  • Send PR to dev branch
  • I'd appreciate if you could solve help_needed labeled issue
  • Don't hesitate to ask questions in the issues

Build

  1. Install Visual Studio 2015 and tick all Windows 10 sdk options
  2. Open powershell with admin permission and Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser

Documentation