Tuna: The Spiritual Successor to Quicksilver

Remember your first time using a Mac? For me, it was about 20 years ago. I struggled a bit at first, trying out different things until I found a holy grail app: Quicksilver.

It was an app launcher that let you run programs without ever touching the Dock. Back then, it was an absolute killer app that made macOS feel lightyears ahead of Windows. Want to open an app or run a task? No mouse, no trackpad. Just hit a shortcut, type, and boom.

It was so massive that Apple essentially copied the concept right into the OS and called it Spotlight. But let’s be real. Spotlight was never a true replacement for Quicksilver.

Sadly, Quicksilver eventually stopped getting updates. Nicholas Jitkoff, the original creator of Quicksilver, did indeed leave to work for Google around 2006. It is a solid piece of Mac history, but the app slowly faded away.

Fast forward to today: the launcher market is packed. I’m currently using Raycast, it’s fantastic and blows Spotlight out of the water. But deep down, it still lacks that specific Quicksilver “magic.”

Well, great news. A die-hard Quicksilver fan just built a spiritual successor called Tuna.

If you’re hunting for a solid new Mac launcher, you need to download this and give it a spin. Also, I highly recommend watching his introduction video here:

You can literally feel the passion he poured into building this app!

Download link: tunaformac.com