App launchers

Sol privacy rating

An open source launcher for macOS with app search, custom shortcuts, calendar, clipboard history, window management and scripted commands.

License: MITPlatforms: macOS

Summary

Sol scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the app launchers criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry and independent audit.

Score 50 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

Yes

Open source Weight 3 of 3

Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

MIT.

github.com
No

No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3

Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

Release builds send crash and error reports to Sentry, with no setting to turn this off.

github.com
Yes

No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3

Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

Free and open source app with no ads, supported by GitHub Sponsors.

github.com
No

Independent audit Weight 2 of 3

Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

No independent audit is published.