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What is Torchsnap?

Torchsnap is a keyboard-driven application launcher for macOS. A single shortcut opens a compact search bar that finds and launches applications, runs system commands, manages your clipboard history, and more. For a tour of what it looks like, visit torchsnap.app.

What makes it different is its gadget system. Gadgets are sandboxed WebAssembly plugins that extend what the launcher can do, from a calculator and emoji picker to custom integrations you build yourself. Each gadget runs in its own sandbox with a deny-by-default permission model, so nothing gets access it didn't ask for.

Torchsnap is open source under the MPL-2.0 license.

No account required. No telemetry. Free forever.

Install

macOS Linux · coming soon Windows · coming soon

Download the latest .dmg from GitHub Releases and drag Torchsnap into your Applications folder.

Download for macOS

Every release is notarized by Apple. On first launch, macOS asks once whether you want to open an app downloaded from the internet. Learn more →

Explore the docs

Usage Guide

Installation, configuration, keyboard shortcuts, and built-in gadgets. Get started →

Gadget SDK

Build your own gadgets with Rust and WebAssembly. Backend APIs, custom frontend views, manifest reference, and tutorials. Start building →