Vector
Vector is a macOS launcher and intelligent local search app that helps you quickly find apps, files, messages, clipboard items, and daily context.
What is Vector?
Vector is a native macOS launcher and search app built to bring apps, files, messages, clipboard history, contacts, calendar information, maps, and weather into one keyboard-first workspace. It helps people who want faster access to their Mac and more flexible search than a basic app launcher. Natural-language search is a central part of the experience, letting you look for meaning across files and conversations instead of only matching exact keywords. The app also routes searches by intent, so different kinds of queries can surface the most useful source automatically. Vector is designed for Apple Silicon Macs and emphasizes on-device processing, which supports offline use for core search features and keeps personal context local to the Mac. Ethan Lipnik publishes Vector as a focused productivity tool for users who want a modern Spotlight-style replacement.
Key features
- Launch apps quickly from a keyboard-first search panel
- Search files and messages with natural-language queries
- Find past clipboard items from the same workspace
- Surface contacts, calendar details, maps, and weather in search
- Route different query types to the most relevant result source
- Customize how the panel looks and which sources are included
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Vector’s core behavior is consistent with its purpose as a launcher and local search tool. To deliver search across messages, contacts, calendar data, clipboard history, and similar sources, it may need access to personal data stored on your Mac. That kind of access is normal for this category of app, but you should only enable the sources you actually want indexed and review its privacy settings if you prefer to limit what it can search.
Recommendation: Keep Vector if you use it for everyday launching and cross-app search on your Mac. If you stop using it, you can remove the app and any related local indexing data to free space, but doing so will clear its search history, stored context, and customization.
Common paths
/Applications/Vector.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Vector
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