Better Launchpad
August 20, 2025 · View on GitHub
A smarter, free, and highly customizable application launcher for macOS with fast search.
Why Better Launchpad?
The standard macOS Launchpad can be slow and lacks customization. Better Launchpad is designed to be fast, more powerful, and tailored to your workflow.
✨ Features
- 🚀 Search: Find and launch any app in milliseconds.
- ⌨️ Keyboard Navigation: Navigate through apps with arrow keys and launch with Enter. No need to touch the mouse. Just start typing the name of the app to search.
- 🎨 Customizable Layout:
- Reorder Apps: Drag and drop apps to create your perfect layout.
- Hide Apps: Declutter your view by hiding apps you don't use often.
- Custom Icons: Change an app's icon to personalize your grid.
- 🌍 Multi-language Support: Available in many popular languages.
- 💸 Free Forever: Better Launchpad is completely free and ad-free.
💾 Installation
You can download the latest version of Better Launchpad from the releases page.
Download the .dmg file for your system, choose either for Intel Macs or Apple Silicon, open it, and drag Better Launchpad.app to your Applications folder.
🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Whether it's reporting a bug or suggesting a feature, your help is appreciated.
Feel free to open an issue.
🖼️ Screenshots
