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Apple removed Launchpad in macOS 26 and kept it out of 27. Launchie brings the grid back: arrange apps your way, unlimited folders, Spaces for separate app pages, and instant search. Free to use, Pro is a one-time purchase. Mac App Store and Homebrew.
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What is Launchie 1.6.1?
Launchie 1.6.1 is a digital product or tool described as: Launchpad Replacement for MacOS 27 Golden Gate
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I'm Nick, and I build Launchie on my own.
When macOS 26 Tahoe removed Launchpad, I lost the way I'd opened apps for years: a grid I had arranged myself, with folders I could find without reading a single name. Apple's replacement, the Apps view in Spotlight, sorts everything for you and doesn't let you make folders. macOS 27 kept it that way.
So I built the Launchpad I missed, and then kept going:
🗂 Your own layout: drag apps anywhere, with unlimited folders, all free
🧭 Spaces: separate pages of apps for work, games or design, switched with a swipe
🔎 Instant search and Quick Access for recent and most-used apps
🖼 Pro: your wallpaper blurred behind the grid like the original, hot corners, hidden apps, and a pinch gesture that opens Launchie instead of Apps. One-time purchase, no subscription.
It's on the Mac App Store, as a direct download, and on Homebrew (brew install --cask launchie).
Since the 2025 launch, most of the new features have come from user requests, so I'd love to hear yours: what did you use Launchpad for, and what's still missing?