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Show HN: Launchpick – Native macOS launcher and window switcher

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I switched from Linux to macOS a while ago and there are two things I still miss:

  Launching apps with parameters. On Linux you edit a .desktop file and that's it — VS Code opening a
  project folder, a script, whatever. On macOS there's no simple way to do this. Automator and Shortcuts
  feel overcomplicated for something so basic, and the paid launchers do way more than I need.

  Alt+Tab showing windows, not apps. Cmd+Tab groups everything by application. If I have several Chrome or
   VS Code windows open, I can't pick which one I want.

  So I vibecoded this. It does two things:

  - Cmd+Shift+Space opens a grid of configurable launchers. Each one runs a shell command — open an app, a
   URL, a script, with whatever arguments.
  - Option+Tab shows every window individually, like Alt+Tab on Linux.

  It's a native Swift app, JSON config, no dependencies. Free and open source.

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