Launchie
The launchpad replacement for MacOS 26/27 to start your apps
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Launchie 1.6.1 - Launchpad Replacement for MacOS 27 Golden Gate

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Apple removed Launchpad in macOS 26 and kept it out of 27. Launchie brings the grid back: arrange apps your way, unlimited folders, Spaces for separate app pages, and instant search. Free to use, Pro is a one-time purchase. Mac App Store and Homebrew.

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Hi Product Hunt 👋 I'm Nick, and I build Launchie on my own. When macOS 26 Tahoe removed Launchpad, I lost the way I'd opened apps for years: a grid I had arranged myself, with folders I could find without reading a single name. Apple's replacement, the Apps view in Spotlight, sorts everything for you and doesn't let you make folders. macOS 27 kept it that way. So I built the Launchpad I missed, and then kept going: 🗂 Your own layout: drag apps anywhere, with unlimited folders, all free 🧭 Spaces: separate pages of apps for work, games or design, switched with a swipe 🔎 Instant search and Quick Access for recent and most-used apps 🖼 Pro: your wallpaper blurred behind the grid like the original, hot corners, hidden apps, and a pinch gesture that opens Launchie instead of Apps. One-time purchase, no subscription. It's on the Mac App Store, as a direct download, and on Homebrew (brew install --cask launchie). Since the 2025 launch, most of the new features have come from user requests, so I'd love to hear yours: what did you use Launchpad for, and what's still missing?