Wox is an effective launcher for windows, which was inspired by Alfred and Launchy. Wox provide bundles of features let you access infomations quickly.
- Search applications, files (via everything plugin) and chrome bookmarks
- Search web contents with shortcuts (e.g. search google with
g keyword
oryoutube keyword
) - Search clipboard history (via clipboard plugin)
- Themes support, get more themes from http://www.getwox.com/theme
- Plugin support, get more plugins from http://www.getwox.com/plugin
Wox 1.0 beta has been released. Check it out!
- Windows XP users: You have to install .NET Framework 3.5 if you have not installed yet.
- Windows 8 users: You have to enable the .NET Framework 3.5 in Control Panel.
Currently, Wox support using C# and Python to write your plugins. Please refer to Create-plugin page for more infomation.
You can share your plugin with WoxPlugins. After you upload your plugin, other uses can download or search your plugin through wpm install <plugin name>
command (this is a plugin for plugin management, which is one of the default plugins inside Wox). Please refer to How-to-share-your-plugins for details.
Wox provide an online theme editor http://www.getwox.com/themebuilder, you build your own theme for wox.
- How to install plugin?
Refer to https://github.com/qianlifeng/Wox/wiki/How-to-install-Plugins
- How to open setting dialog?
Refer to https://github.com/qianlifeng/Wox/wiki/How-to-open-setting-dialog