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Look vs Flow Launcher: catalog facts
Look	Flow Launcher
Best for: Keyboard users who want a free, private app launcher	Best for: Never touching the Start menu again on Windows
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux No account, no telemetry and minimal permissions All 4 strengths for Look Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux No account, no telemetry and minimal permissions Scoped search prefixes and an inline calculator Browser demo to try it before installing	Uses the Everything index, so file search is instant on a big drive One box for apps, files, bookmarks, web searches and calculations All 4 strengths for Flow Launcher Uses the Everything index, so file search is instant on a big drive One box for apps, files, bookmarks, web searches and calculations Large community plugin library with an in-app plugin store Installer and portable build, plus winget, Scoop and Chocolatey
Young project with a small user base Different interface toolkits on macOS and on Windows and Linux	Windows only Binaries are unsigned, so Windows raises a security prompt on first run All 4 limitations for Flow Launcher Windows only Binaries are unsigned, so Windows raises a security prompt on first run Plugin quality varies and a bad one can slow the whole launcher The project warns about lookalike domains, so download from the official site
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Look noah-code.com/docs/look Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Flow Launcher flowlauncher.com github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher Catalog checked September 21, 2026

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