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Flow Launcher vs Look: catalog facts
Flow Launcher	Look
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux
Uses the Everything index, so file search is instant on a big drive One box for apps, files, bookmarks, web searches and calculations	Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux No account, no telemetry and minimal permissions
Windows only Binaries are unsigned, so Windows raises a security prompt on first run	Young project with a small user base Different interface toolkits on macOS and on Windows and Linux
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
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 October 2, 2026

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