saya886 / Wox

Launcher for Windows, an alternative to Alfred and Launchy.

WoX

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.

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 1.3.183

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

• Wiki
• Outdated doc: WoX doc.
• Just ask questions in issues for now.