Ordo is a native app launcher for Windows — ~4 MB idle, opens in ~20 ms, and gone the moment you're done. Launch apps, find files, do quick math, search the web, or run commands, all from one bar.
Press Ctrl + Space from anywhere.
Per-user install, no admin needed. Windows may warn it's unsigned — click More info → Run anyway.
A 33-second tour — app launch, file search, calculator, web search, Settings, and commands.
No modes to remember. Just start typing and Ordo figures out what you mean.
Fuzzy-search everything in your Start Menu — including Store apps. Your most-used rise to the top.
Instant, Everything-style filename search. Indexes your main folders by default — type add folder to include any others.
Type 2+2*8, sqrt(144), or 0xff+1. Enter copies the result.
g rust → Google, plus yt, w, gh — or just type a URL to open it.
bluetooth, display, wifi, startup apps — open the exact page, no clicking through menus.
sleep, lock, restart, kill <app>, em <emoji> — run out-of-process, so they never slow the core.
Ordo is written in native Rust and talks directly to Win32 and Direct2D — no Electron, no web runtime, no managed framework. That's not a bragging point, it's the whole point: it launches instantly and disappears when you're done.
Ordo touches the network for exactly two things: checking for updates, and opening URLs you explicitly choose. What you search, launch, or type never leaves your machine. Updates are downloaded over HTTPS and verified against a published SHA-256 checksum before they run.
A fair question for any download from a solo developer — so here's the honest picture. Ordo is free but not open-source: the GitHub repo hosts the releases, license, and changelog, while the source stays private for now. That means you're trusting a binary — which is exactly why the rest of this matters.
It's not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen flags an "unknown publisher" — click More info → Run anyway. Code signing is on the roadmap to remove that prompt. You don't have to take my word that it's clean, either: scan the installer on VirusTotal before you run it. And as above, Ordo is local-only with no telemetry — the only network it makes is HTTPS update checks (verified against a published SHA-256) and links you open. No admin needed.
Ordo is a solo project. Tell me what's broken or what you'd love to see — it genuinely shapes what gets built next.
Feedback goes to GitHub Issues (a free GitHub account is needed to post). Browse existing reports there too.
Free, for Windows 10 and 11. Installs per-user in seconds.
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