PHphilonoist·Jun 6, 2026
There are 2 beautiful windows app which are free and does everything this does.
https://github.com/pit-ray/win-vind
https://github.com/adirh3/Fluent-Search
In Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windowsadirh3
Fluent-Search
C#2023–2026
adirh3 / Fluent-Search
Fluent-Search
Official repository for Fluent Search, use to report issues or ask for a new feature
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What Hacker News says
5 sourcesI think they mean this: https://github.com/adirh3/Fluent-Search
In IrfanViewDescription : "With Fluent Search, you can search for running apps, browser tabs"
Reality : install it, tried to search Firefox tabs, doesn't work.
Then found https://github.com/adirh3/Fluent-Search/issues/850
Nope.
In Fluent SearchFlow Launcher and Fluent Search do a better job than the powertoys one. By the time Powertoys got a result I could've opened the program with the mouse.
https://github.com/adirh3/Fluent-Search
https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher
The Fluent Search creator is pretty active and available on Discord.
In Somehow AutoHotKey is kinda good nowA bit more about mouseless navigation is here - https://fluentsearch.net/posts/no-more-mouse
You could make plugins - https://fluentsearch.net/posts/c-plugins-developer-guide
A hawk eye view of list of features - https://fluentsearch.net/posts/fluent-search-features-guide
Github repo if you want to delve deep - https://github.com/adirh3/Fluent-Search
You can also search browser tabs, in-app content, files and more. Settings are insanely customizable.
A case study done on it - https://tolgee.io/blog/case-study-fluent-search
Avolonia UI itself does an interview - https://twitter.com/AvaloniaUI/status/1492277669618229252
You can do macros and more with it - https://fluentsearch.net/posts/fluent-search-tasks-nightly-t...
All of this is done single handedly by @adirh3
Hidden gems of features are elaborated in changelog blog posts.
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