Organize your app shortcuts into launch boards and start what you need, when you need it.
LaunchBoards is a second branding of SoftwareCenter — the
same desktop app, the same codebase, running under a different name, icon, and settings profile. It is not a
fork and not a separate product line: it is the identical, actively maintained SoftwareCenter code, started with
a LaunchBoards product profile instead of the default SoftwareCenter profile.
Both apps can run side by side on the same machine with fully separate settings, because each profile gets its
own QSettings namespace and single-instance lock. Nothing in the underlying code differs between them.
SoftwareCenter and LaunchBoards emphasize two framings of the same tool:
- SoftwareCenter — organizing and launching your installed software.
- LaunchBoards — organizing your shortcuts into launch boards (tab-based workspaces) you switch between.
The app already speaks in terms of "boards" internally regardless of branding; LaunchBoards simply leads with that framing.
This repository is intentionally a pointer, not a duplicate. All source code, tests, issues, and documentation live in the canonical repository:
→ github.com/file-bricks/SoftwareCenter
Please file issues, feature requests, and pull requests there — including for anything specific to the
LaunchBoards branding or profile (PROFILE_LAUNCHBOARDS in SoftwareCenter.py).
MIT License — see LICENSE. Same license as SoftwareCenter, since it is the same code.
Copyright (c) 2026 Lukas Geiger