Sol
by Sol · Open-source macOS launcher with search, window and clipboard tools
BenchRank score
Screenshots of Sol
Homepage
Overview
Sol is an open-source launcher for macOS, opened with a global keyboard shortcut. It bundles app and file search, a calculator, an emoji picker, clipboard history, quick notes, a window manager, calendar and browser bookmark access, translation, media key forwarding and a process manager. It is installed by downloading the latest release or running brew install --cask sol.
- Best for
- macOS users who want a free, keyboard-driven launcher for search, window management and clipboard history.
- Pricing
- The page states Sol is free and open source; no prices or paid plans are shown.
- Runs on
- macOSCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free and open source, installable with brew install --cask sol
- App search, file search, calculator and emoji picker in one launcher
- Window manager, clipboard history and quick notes on shortcuts
- Global shortcuts can be bound to any action
Trade-offs
- macOS only; no other platform is mentioned
- Translation covers up to 3 languages
- Built by a single developer, ospfranco
- Homepage lists features only; no docs or support detail shown
How Sol markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Sol’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Sol is an open-source macOS launcher”
- Angle: Open source / ownership
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Sol’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
Where this comes from
The Sol pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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