vicinaehq/vicinae

A focused launcher for your desktop - native, fast, extensible

Productivity & self-hostedC++#linux#poweruser#productivity#app-launcher#nodejs

2.9 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

Vicinae is a native command palette for the desktop built with C++/Qt: app search, clipboard history, snippets, file search, calculator and more. It is extensible via React/TypeScript extensions compatible with Raycast, plus script commands.

Useful for

Launch the launcher to quickly search and open apps from the keyboard
Browse clipboard history and paste previously copied text
Install an extension from the Raycast store to add new commands

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

24 stars so far today, about 29 expected by the end of the day.
Recent forks include notable developers: @knu (542 followers), @Meldiron (295 followers), @teto (245 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 9,861
Stars in a day: 29
Forks: 293
Issues and pull requests: 1,909
Watchers: 17
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
Latest release: v0.29.0 · September 18, 2026
Created: July 28, 2025
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 16, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #5, +81 stars
September 15, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #5, +138 stars

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