Wox

Wox·Wox.Wox

WoX is a launcher for Windows that simply works. It's an alternative to Alfred and Launchy.

A full-featured launcher, access programs and web contents as you type. Be more productive ever since.

winget install --id Wox.Wox --exact --source winget

Latest 2.4.2·September 3, 2026

Release Notes

This release speeds up File Search on Windows with optional Fast Indexing through an NTFS service, so large volumes stay current without a full crawl.

  • Improve
    • [File Search] Support optional Fast Indexing on Windows by installing a service that indexes NTFS volumes through MFT and USN, let content-search directories be configured independently of filename-search roots, group file results in global queries, and filter results to content matches
    • [Confetti] Show a fullscreen confetti overlay from the Confetti command, try confetti query
    • [AI Chat] Support configuring MCP servers from settings with a server table, JSON import for full mcpServers documents, OAuth, and per-server tools #4529
    • [Wox Memory] Add built-in memory diagnostics to inspect Wox process composition with Go heap, native, and per-process breakdowns plus a live Glance
    • [Clipboard] Support searching clipboard images by their OCR text #4525, and improve macOS handling for remote file URLs #4532
    • [Folder] Support fuzzy matching for child names and complete parent-directory paths while typing
    • [Shell] Show a running indicator on active commands in history
    • [Launcher] Improve action-panel search with aliases so localized actions stay findable by English names and extra terms
    • [Explorer] Prioritize matches in the current directory during type-to-search #4527
    • [Indicator] Support matching plugins by description as well as name
    • [Settings] Support opening links from plugin setting help text
    • [Screenshot] Lower the default screenshot history retention from 30 to 15 days
    • [UI] Support animated GIF images in results and previews without flattening animation
    • [App] Support Korean (ko_KR) language and reconcile Windows app directories when indexed paths are missing
    • [Plugin] Surface plugin initialization failures, add store plugin health checks, and let users refresh Python and Node.js runtimes from settings
  • Fix
    • [Notes] Fix new notes not being pinned by default
    • [Explorer] Fix the type-to-search dialog hint closing too early during focus handoff
    • [Launcher] Constrain launcher height to the display work area #4527
    • [Clipboard] Fix Wox's own clipboard writes being recorded as new history entries
    • [Linux] Fix X11 clipboard reads hanging by timing out clipboard commands
    • [App] Release GPU and database caches after Wox hides and improve native memory accounting in diagnostics
    • [UI] Fix scrollbar overlay visibility in scroll views and incorrect list updates when result lists shrink
  • Store
    • Plugin
      • need Store and quickly retrieve local key-value notes @zzedbot
      • Nextcloud Passwords Search, inspect, copy, and update passwords stored in Nextcloud Passwords @zzedbot
      • Timestamp Convert between Unix timestamps and datetime strings @qianlifeng
      • Scoop Search and manage Windows apps with Scoop @qianlifeng
      • Video Downloader Download videos and audio from 1000+ sites with yt-dlp @qianlifeng
      • Hacker News Browse Hacker News stories and discussions @qianlifeng
      • Speedtest Test internet speed over HTTP download, upload, and ping @qianlifeng
      • Sound Switch Switch audio input and output devices quickly @qianlifeng
      • Gif Search Search animated GIFs from GIPHY and The Finer Gifs Club @qianlifeng

Installer type: portable

x64—0EB554FEB418EA367D476E7D7924D6229FC6B9332FA9264B59AAA3915C178C16

Details

Homepage
https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
License
GPL-3.0 license
Publisher
Wox
Support
https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox/issues
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2026 Wox https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
Moniker
wox

Tags

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Older versions (3)

2.3.0
x64—BD4C0D29B6B81B58DDDF36D4770088459C06D1270D1CE150BBA0598464F87446
2.0.3
x64—3BDCC9BF0AF29CF15CE48433D64831CF477104002C8AF224079ED21CA393D863
1.4.1196
x64—2CD868E2F83B629952BE6FF4C207608AE7DA4A74FABE512B138FA72261F526C4