About

Alfred is a leading productivity application for macOS, originating from the United Kingdom, designed to significantly boost user efficiency through hotkeys, keywords, and text expansion. It allows users to search their Mac and the web, and control their Mac using custom actions, especially with its Powerpack. The application offers a comprehensive suite of features including quick-launch capabilities, application launchers, clipboard history, workflow automation, file search, and is highly customizable with support for themes, dark mode, and extensibility via plugins/extensions, alongside cloud sync. Available on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, Alfred operates on a Freemium and proprietary license model. While specific revenue, employee count, and leadership details are not provided, user reviews consistently highlight its essential role, with many considering it a superior alternative to Spotlight and a 'must-have' app, even 'a part of the operating system,' despite some limitations like its reliance on the Spotlight index for network or Cryptomator volumes. Its strong market position is underscored by user sentiment that it has 'no worthy alternatives' and is the 'most efficient way to search on websites' through custom workflows.