e.g.
- Launch an app, open a website, or run a script.
- Spacebar S -> launch Safari
- Spacebar N -> launch Notes
- Spacebar W -> open a website
- Simulate a keystroke (with/without modifiers)
- Spacebar Q -> simulate F11
- Spacebar X -> simulate Control-Option-Shift-Command-A
- More keys, more actions
- Spacebar F then D -> open Downloads folder
- Spacebar F then R -> open Library folder
- Spacebar F then I -> open iCloud Drive
- Spacebar A W E S O M E -> launch your AppleScript to say "you are awesome"
- Run a menu command in the app you're in
- Spacebar E -> File ▸ Export as PDF
- Open App with arguments
- Open File/Folder with given applications
- Sleep
Why Space?
Because your thumb is already there.
Tap Space to type normally. Hold it to open your shortcut layer. SpaceLauncher tells the difference . Real typing overlaps: people often press the next key before the previous key is fully released, which is especially common with Space. General remapping and automation tools such as Karabiner, Hammerspoon, and Keyboard Maestro can approximate pieces of this, but SpaceLauncher is built around the Space-specific timing problem.
What if I forget?
Hold Space and look. SpaceLauncher shows what you can press next.
Actions you use often become less prominent, so the ones you still need help with stand out.
Where SpaceLauncher Fits
SpaceLauncher complements Spotlight-like apps such as Raycast, Alfred, LaunchBar, and Spotlight itself. Use search to find things; use SpaceLauncher for the apps and actions you open every day.
For those repeated actions, Space plus one remembered key is the fastest trigger I have found. The idea grew out of the tools I already loved; that is the story behind SpaceLauncher.
Bring your own leader
Space is the default, because your thumb is already there. But if you've already trained a leader — Caps Lock, a Hyper key, F12, even a key picked by its raw key code — hold or tap that instead. SpaceLauncher works the same behind any of them.
Free to try, no time limit
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Questions and Answers
It's uncommon,
but if you really need it, hold shift and spacebar.
This is intended. Shortcuts you already use often can stay visually quieter, while unfamiliar shortcuts remain easier to notice.
Rows stay in the same order. Previously used shortcuts that have been idle for a while may show an “Unused lately” status instead of being moved around.
Yes. Hold Space until the hint window appears, then drag its title bar to move it.
No, SpaceLauncher is a paid application.
You can try SpaceLauncher without limitation forever, but after trials, you should purchase for further use.
Choose Apple menu > System Settings > Desktop & Dock, go to Mission Control, then turn “When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application” on.
- Make sure that the global switch is on.
- Try to re-enable Accessibility permission. This can happen after a system upgrade.
- Quit SpaceLauncher
- Choose Apple menu > System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility.
- Turn SpaceLauncher off, then turn it on again. If SpaceLauncher is missing, click the + button and add /Applications/SpaceLauncher.app.
- Launch SpaceLauncher.
- Try to restart the computer.
- Contact me and let me know that you have tried the above steps.
