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Flow Launcher vs Fluent Search: catalog facts
Flow Launcher	Fluent Search
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free download; the site does not list a price.
Windows	Windows
Uses the Everything index, so file search is instant on a big drive One box for apps, files, bookmarks, web searches and calculations	Searches files, apps, tabs, history and windows in one place Keyboard-only Screen Search for on-screen elements
Windows only Binaries are unsigned, so Windows raises a security prompt on first run	Windows only Source code is not published
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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