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Flow Launcher vs Wox: catalog facts
Flow Launcher	Wox
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
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	Fully native with GPU rendering on Windows, macOS and Linux, not Electron Around 150 MB of memory in everyday use, so it can stay resident
Windows only Binaries are unsigned, so Windows raises a security prompt on first run	A much smaller plugin ecosystem than Raycast or Alfred The version 2 rewrite is relatively young, so expect rough edges
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
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 21, 2026

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