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How CoolDesk compares
CoolDesk is a free launcher and project workspace for Windows, macOS and Linux. It sits between launchers and tab managers: one Alt+K search across your tabs, apps, files and notes, grouped by project. Here's how it stacks up — including where the other tool is the better pick.
Launchers
Keyboard launchers that open apps and files fast.
CoolDesk vs Raycast
Raycast is a brilliant command palette. CoolDesk is a launcher built around your projects — it remembers what you're working on. An honest comparison for Windows and Mac.
CoolDesk vs Alfred
Alfred is a Mac classic with powerful workflows. CoolDesk is a free launcher for Windows and Mac, built around your projects. An honest comparison — including when to pick Alfred.
CoolDesk vs Spotlight
macOS Spotlight is built-in, fast and always there. CoolDesk is a free launcher for Windows and Mac that remembers your projects. An honest comparison — including when Spotlight is all you need.
CoolDesk vs PowerToys
PowerToys Run is Microsoft's free, open-source launcher for Windows. CoolDesk is a free launcher built around your projects, for Windows and Mac. An honest comparison.
CoolDesk vs Flow Launcher
Flow Launcher is a fast, free, open-source launcher for Windows. CoolDesk is a free launcher built around your projects, with browser tabs as first-class results. An honest comparison.
Browser workspaces & tab managers
Tools that organise, save and restore your tabs.
CoolDesk vs Workona
Workona is the standard for browser workspaces — cloud-synced and team-ready. CoolDesk is a free, local-first project workspace that reaches beyond the browser to your apps, files and notes. An honest comparison.
CoolDesk vs Arc
Arc's Spaces made project-based browsing popular. CoolDesk brings project workspaces to the browser you already use — plus your desktop apps, files and notes. An honest comparison.
CoolDesk vs Toby
Toby is a beloved visual tab organizer. CoolDesk is a free, local-first project workspace that adds desktop apps, files, notes and spotlight search. An honest comparison of the two new tabs.
CoolDesk vs OneTab
OneTab collapses your tabs into a list to save memory. CoolDesk organises them into project workspaces you can search and reopen — along with your apps and notes. An honest comparison.
CoolDesk vs Session Buddy
Session Buddy saves and restores browser sessions. CoolDesk saves whole projects — tabs, apps, files and notes — and finds any of them with one keystroke. An honest comparison.
CoolDesk vs Chrome Tab Groups
Chrome's tab groups are the easy way to tidy a tab bar. CoolDesk turns groups into project workspaces with your apps, notes and one-keystroke search. An honest comparison.
New tab pages
Dashboards that replace the browser's new tab.