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PowerToys Command Palette vs EverythingPowerToys: catalog facts
PowerToys Command Palette	EverythingPowerToys
Best for: Windows users who want a keyboard launcher from Microsoft	Best for: Windows users who already use PowerToys Run and Everything and want one search box
Free Free as part of Microsoft PowerToys.	Free Free and open source under the Eclipse Public License 2.0.
Windows	Windows
Opens with one shortcut and searches apps, files, commands and the web Extensible and customisable All 4 strengths for PowerToys Command Palette Opens with one shortcut and searches apps, files, commands and the web Extensible and customisable Optional compact search box mode Comes with the rest of the PowerToys utilities	Brings fast Everything filename search into PowerToys Run Builds for both x64 and ARM64 Windows All 3 strengths for EverythingPowerToys Brings fast Everything filename search into PowerToys Run Builds for both x64 and ARM64 Windows Actively maintained with recent commits
Windows only Requires PowerToys to be installed and running in the background	Requires both PowerToys and Everything to be installed Windows only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: EPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for PowerToys Command Palette learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/command-palette… Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for EverythingPowerToys github.com/lin-ycv/EverythingPowerToys Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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