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Top 13 C++ Launcher Projects

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  1. albert

    A fast and flexible keyboard launcher

    Project mention: Show HN: A Raycast-compatible launcher for Linux | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-13

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. Launcher

    A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once

    Project mention: usefulmods VS Launcher - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/NordicGamerFE/usefulmods | 2025-08-29

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  4. NickelMenu

    The easiest way to launch scripts, change settings, and run actions on Kobo e-readers.

    Project mention: Apple Restricts Pebble from Being with iPhones | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-18

    An answer with a catch:

    I ran rooted android phones for a long time, but have for the past few years been on GrapheneOS, which doesn't require Google Play, but allows you to use it while sandboxing it (so, harm reduction), and it's much less of a struggle now than it used to be.

    The catch is that, at least currently, GrapheneOS only works on (Google) Pixel phones.

    [On Kobos:— I agree on Kobo vs Kindle, and like Kobos a lot: but partially because I don't actually have to use Kobo's software if I don't want to. (See KOReader[0] and NickelMenu[1].)

    [0:] https://github.com/koreader/koreader

    [1:] https://github.com/pgaskin/NickelMenu ]

  5. UnityHubNative

    A native alternative to the heavy Electron Unity Hub, written in C++

  6. ValliStart

    A start menu to replace the un-customizable one that you have right now.

  7. LaunchyQt

    :rocket: Launchy project reactivated. Get the familiar feeling now!

  8. nwg-launchers

    GTK-based launchers: application grid, button bar, dmenu for sway and other window managers

  9. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  10. qzdl

    Qt version of BioHazard's ZDL

  11. dsda-launcher

    This is a launcher GUI for the dsda-doom source port

  12. Rocket

    Application launcher for KDE Plasma. (by friciwolf)

  13. CLIFp

    An alternate, command-line based launcher for Flashpoint Archive

  14. Duke3D_Mod_Manager

    Duke Nukem 3D Mod Manager

  15. nkit-launcher

    Simple Android Launcher build with Flutter

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • usefulmods VS Launcher - a user suggested alternative

    2 projects | 29 Aug 2025

  • ZDL?

    1 project | /r/DoomMods | 10 Jul 2023

  • Please help me

    1 project | /r/MultiMC | 8 Jul 2023

  • I tried installing the minecraft launcher both from the official website and from microsoft store but i just get this message. where can i actually download it so that i can actually play it?

    1 project | /r/Minecraft | 8 Jul 2023

  • Failure to Launch

    1 project | /r/MultiMC | 27 Jun 2023

  • Trouble connecting kobo to PC via USB

    2 projects | /r/kobo | 26 Jun 2023

  • [launcher] Java launcher “broken”. Sometimes it’s stuck on the loading screen, sometimes it won’t even let me click the launcher icon.

    1 project | /r/MinecraftHelp | 1 Jun 2023
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Launcher projects in C++? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 albert 7,798
2 Launcher 4,554
3 NickelMenu 856
4 UnityHubNative 535
5 ValliStart 465
6 LaunchyQt 422
7 nwg-launchers 421
8 qzdl 229
9 dsda-launcher 77
10 Rocket 36
11 CLIFp 27
12 Duke3D_Mod_Manager 8
13 nkit-launcher 1

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