Fullscreen or windowed, tuned to your Mac.
Choose icon size, rows, columns, labels, page direction, and sorting so the launcher feels like your workspace.
The full-screen Mac launcher Apple removed.
Back, and better.
Launchpad, actually maintained — with workspaces, hot corners, and themes you can make your own. $10 once, yours forever.
Built for people who miss the spatial launcher.
Global hotkeyHot corner readyLaunchpad import
Relaunch preview
Why this exists
macOS Tahoe removed Launchpad. So I built a replacement.
Apple folded Launchpad into Spotlight as a cramped popover, then removed the full-screen version entirely. For people who used it every day — including me — that small grid is not a launcher. It is a search bar with apps glued on.
Relaunch is the spatial, full-screen launcher you remember. Maintained by one person who uses it every day. Built with workspaces for the way you actually switch between work, side projects, and clients.
— Usaid, solo dev
Why it works
Not a prettier app drawer. A real launch surface.
Relaunch brings back the visual rhythm of Launchpad and adds the controls modern Mac users expect: customizable layout, appearance, triggers, sorting, import, and direct licensing.
Group your Mac the way your brain works.
Drag apps into folders, name them, reorder them, and keep project tools together without rebuilding every week.
Summon it without thinking about it.
Open Relaunch from anywhere with a global hotkey, optional hot corner, menu bar access, and Open at Login.
Make the launcher look like it belongs to you.
Use system, light, or dark themes, then customize wallpaper, images, solid backgrounds, blur, and tint.
Core features
Everything you need to make launching apps feel visual again.
Summon from anywhere with a global hotkey
Optional hot corner summon
Menu bar app with quick access
Fullscreen or windowed launcher mode
Search apps instantly by typing
Drag-and-drop app reordering
Create folders by dropping one app onto another
Open and rename folders
Adjust icon size, rows, and columns
Show or hide app labels
Vertical or horizontal page browsing
Sort by custom order, name, date added, or date last opened
Theme support: system, light, and dark
Custom appearance with wallpaper, image, or solid background
Blur and tint customization
Open at Login support
Import old Launchpad layouts from legacy .db files
Direct website licensing with activate and restore flow
First-run onboarding
The flow
Four beats. No thinking.
01
Open with global hotkey, hot corner, or the menu bar
02
Type to search apps instantly
03
Drag to reorder, create folders, rename, and tune the grid
04
Upgrade to Pro for workspaces, automation, and smart folders
Spotlight’s apps tab
A cramped drawer that makes every app compete for attention.
Apple stripped the full-screen visual rhythm and shoved it into a Spotlight tab. Lists are fine for search. They are bad at memory. Once everything scrolls, nothing has a place.
Relaunch
A dedicated launch space that gives your app library structure again.
Pages, folders, hotkeys, hot corners, and big readable icons restore the habit loop that made Launchpad useful.
Relaunch Pro
Upgrade when one launcher is not enough.
Free includes the core launcher. Pro adds multiple workspaces, workspace-specific app sets, automatic switching, smart folders, and per-workspace appearance overrides.
Launch pricing$10
Coming soon- Multiple workspaces
- Workspace automation
- Smart folders and visual overrides
Multiple workspaces
Create spaces like Work, Personal, Design, or Coding, each with its own app layout and focused set of tools.
Automatic switching
Switch workspaces when a certain app becomes frontmost, when you move displays, or on a schedule.
Smart folders
Generate useful groups like Apple Apps, Browsers, Developer Tools, and Utilities without hand-sorting everything.
Per-workspace themes
Give each workspace its own visual look without changing the global launcher theme.
Free vs Pro
Start free. Upgrade for workspace power.
FeatureFreePro
Global hotkey summonYesYes
Hot corner summonYesYes
SearchYesYes
Drag to reorder appsYesYes
Create and manage foldersYesYes
Fullscreen/windowed modeYesYes
Grid customizationYesYes
Theme and shared appearance customizationYesYes
Launchpad layout importYesYes
Open at LoginYesYes
Multiple workspacesNoYes
Workspace-specific app setsNoYes
Workspace auto-switching by frontmost appNoYes
Workspace auto-switching by displayNoYes
Workspace auto-switching by time of dayNoYes
Smart foldersNoYes
Per-workspace appearance overridesNoYes
Details
Plain answers before you install anything.
Is this just for people who miss Launchpad?
Yes, that is exactly who it is built for. If you remember the full-screen visual launcher Apple removed and want it back, with workspaces and customization, this is for you. If you live in Spotlight or Raycast and never used Launchpad, you will be fine without Relaunch.
Does it replace Spotlight?
No. Spotlight is for search. Relaunch is for visual memory, app grouping, and the full-screen launch flow Apple removed.
What permissions does it need?
Accessibility permission enables summon workflows like hotkeys and hot corners. Layout import may ask for local file access to legacy Launchpad .db files.
Is Pro a subscription?
No. The current plan is a one-time Pro purchase for workspaces, automation, smart folders, and per-workspace appearance overrides.
Get the Launchpad you actually want, the day it ships.
One email when the first build drops. One when Pro launches. No drip campaigns, no marketing noise.