WoX
WoX is a launcher for Windows that simply works. It's an alternative to Alfred and Launchy. You can call it Windows omni-eXecutor if you want a long name.
Features
- Search for everything—applications, uwp, folders, files and more.
- Use pinyin to search for programs / 支持用 拼音 搜索程序
- wyy / wangyiyun → 网易云音乐
- Keyword plugin search
- search google with
g search_term
- search google with
- Build custom themes at http://www.wox.one/theme/builder
- Install plugins from http://www.wox.one/plugin
Installation
Download Wox-xxx.exe from releases. Latest as of now is 1.3.524 (1.3.578 for preview channel)
Windows may complain about security due to code not being signed. This will be fixed later.
Versions marked as pre-release are unstable pre-release versions.
- Requirements:
- .net >= 4.5.2
- everything:
.exeinstaller + use x64 if your windows is x64 + everything service is running - python3:
.exeinstaller + add it to%PATH%or set it in WoX settings
Usage
- Launch: Alt+Space
- Install/Uninstall plugin: type
wpm install/uninstall - Reset: delete
%APPDATA%\Wox - Log:
%APPDATA%\Wox\Logs
Contribution
- First and most importantly, star it!
- Read Coding Style
- Send PR to dev branch
- I'd appreciate if you could solve help_needed labeled issue
- Don't hesitate to ask questions in the issues
Build
- Install Visual Studio 2015 and tick all Windows 10 sdk options
- Open powershell with admin permission and
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser