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Press a key.Type.Done.
Launch anything. Find any file. Paste from a clipboard history with no cap, paste a snippet, do the math, move your windows, and run the Alfred workflow bundles sitting on your disk right now. One purchase, no subscription, no account, no telemetry.
One window,
most of your Mac
What people reach for every day, in one window. The two paid tiers have the same features; they differ only in how long updates keep coming.
Launch and find
Apps, files, System Settings panes, bookmarks, open browser tabs, and the menu bar of the app in front. open, find, in and tags search files the way Alfred does. Custom searches come built in: m and an address opens Google Maps, w is Wikipedia, g is Google.
⌥Space→saf→↩
Clipboard history
Text, images and files, searchable, kept as long as you like. Stack several clips and paste them as one. Anything an app flags as a password is never written down at all.
⌥Space→clip→⌘2
Math and conversions
Arithmetic as you type, units across length, mass, volume, temperature, data and time, dates like today + 3 weeks, colors between hex, RGB and HSL, and currency once you switch it on.
⌥Space→12*38→↩
Window management
Halves, thirds, quarters, maximize, center and the next display. Snap Back puts a window where it was before you moved it.
⌥Space→left half→↩
Snippets and text
Type a snippet's name and Return pastes it into the app in front, with the date and your clipboard filled in and the cursor where you left room for it. Your Alfred snippets come across in one import.
⌥Space→addr→↩
Act on the selection
Select text in any app, open Footman and type sel. Seventeen transforms are there with no setup: title case, sort the lines, base64, count the words. Add your own AI key and twelve more join them, and a rewrite can replace the text you selected.
⌥Space→sel title→↩
Twenty-four of them. One purchase covers all of them.
Bring your Alfred workflows
into Footman
Footman reads Alfred’s actual bundle format: the info.plist, Script Filter output, and the environment variables supported workflow scripts read.
Drop the folder in
Footman reads the bundle, lists its keywords, and then leaves it alone until you use it.
The first time a workflow would run a script, Footman shows you what it will run, the script included, and waits for you. Nothing runs on import. Your license key and your stored credentials are never put into the environment a workflow's scripts can read.
Both of Alfred's script filter output formats are supported, and so are workflow hotkeys, Configure Workflow, dialogs and Large Type. Each workflow's saved settings come across when you import it.
Not every Alfred step is supported. For example, a Call External Trigger targeting another workflow needs changes. Importing a bundle does not guarantee that every step can run.
Write your own in the workflow builder: steps in a list, top to bottom, with branches indented. It saves in Alfred's format.
# the script filter your workflow already has query="$1" cache="$alfred_workflow_cache" name="$alfred_workflow_name" # the JSON it already prints { "items": [ { "title": "…", "subtitle": "…", "arg": "…", "mods": { "cmd": { "arg": "…" } } } ] }
A subscription launcher · billed every year
The other guys
$96
every year
- Clipboard history stops at three months unless you subscribe
- Sync needs their account and their cloud
- AI is in the price whether you use it or not
- Custom themes and window commands need the subscription
Stop paying and the caps come back
One purchase · nothing to renew
Footman
$55
once, lifetime
- Clipboard history with no cap
- No account. It works with the network off.
- AI stays hidden until you add your own key
- Import Alfred workflow bundles
Buy it once and it is yours
What it
deliberately is not
Each of these is something a competing launcher ships.
Pricing
One purchase, every Mac on your Apple Account, everything in the box. Sold through Paddle, which handles the tax.
Free
$0
No time limit
- Launch apps and find files
- Calculator and conversions
- Web searches
- System commands
License
$33
Once
- Everything, on every Mac on your Apple Account
- Clipboard, snippets, windows, workflows, sync
- Alfred workflow import
- Updates for 2 years
Lifetime
$55
Once
- Everything in the license
- Every future update included
- Nothing else to buy after it
Direct download · Developer ID signed and notarized · macOS 15 and later
Questions,
answered plainly
Paying, your Alfred workflows, accounts, AI, and what leaves your Mac.
Do I have to keep paying?
No. Footman is a one-time purchase and the version you buy is yours to keep. Updates are included for 2 years. After that it keeps working exactly as it did. Renew updates only if you want the newer builds.
What does the $55 add?
Every future update, included. It is the same application with the same features on the day you buy it: the difference is only what happens after the first 2 years.
Will my Alfred workflows actually run?
Footman reads Alfred’s own bundle format and both Script Filter output formats. Supported steps run in Footman; unsupported steps, including external triggers targeting another workflow, may need changes. Importing copies your workflows rather than moving or editing them, so your Alfred setup stays as you left it.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no email required to run it. The license key is verified on this Mac. Activation claims it for your Apple Account through iCloud; a pending claim can be retried at launch. Offline verification keeps the launcher available if iCloud cannot be reached.
What does the AI cost?
Nothing from us. Paste a key from Anthropic, OpenAI or Google and Footman spends it, or point it at Ollama or LM Studio and nothing leaves your Mac at all. We do not resell tokens, and with no key configured AI does not appear in the interface.
Is the free version a trial?
No. It does not expire and it does not count down. Trying a licensed feature opens the License pane once per launch, and that is all. Launching, finding files, arithmetic, conversions, web searches and system commands stay free for as long as you use them.
What leaves my Mac?
By default, two things: claiming your license when you activate the key, with a retry at launch if needed, and a daily check for a new version, which you can switch off. Everything else is off until you turn it on in Settings: your own AI provider, sync between your Macs (your settings, never your clipboard), GIF search, currency rates, your 1Password items, and sending a problem report straight to us. No analytics, no crash reporting.
How many Macs does one license cover?
Every Mac signed in to your Apple Account. The first activation ties the key to that Apple Account, once, and every Mac on it is covered; the License page in Settings releases it if you move to a different Apple Account.