Your Desktop.
Organized in a flash.
QuickStart is the smart tile launcher for Windows. Launch apps, files and folders with one click — plus built-in OCR text recognition, voice input and cross-device sharing.
Everything your desktop needs
One tool instead of many. QuickStart combines the most important productivity features in one lightweight app.
Tile Launcher
Organize your apps, files and folders in freely configurable tile groups. Drag & drop, colors, sizes — fully customizable.
Learn more →OCR Text Recognition
Select a screen area and QuickStart recognizes the text instantly. German and English, even from images and PDFs.
Learn more →Voice Input
Dictate text into any application. Local processing with Whisper — your voice never leaves your computer.
Learn more →QuickShare
Share texts, files and images between your devices on the local network. No cloud account needed, everything stays in your Wi-Fi.
Learn more →Tile Launcher — your desktop, your rules
Organize your apps, files and folders in freely configurable tile groups — your desktop, your system.
One Click, Everything Launches
Multi-start tiles: launch multiple programs at once. Your morning setup (email, browser, Teams) in a single tile.
Order on Your Terms
Group tiles into named categories. Drag & drop them into the right order. Empty groups clean themselves up.
Looks Like You
Over 100 Material Design icons with live preview. Color, size and background of each tile individually customizable — from extra-small to extra-large.
Straight from Explorer
Right-click a file or folder in Windows Explorer → “Pin to QuickStart”. Done. Also supports drag & drop directly onto the tile surface.
Lightning-Fast Access
Alt+Q opens QuickStart instantly at your mouse position — no matter which app you're in. A real advantage with multi-monitor setups: no mouse journey to the Start menu. Built-in search finds your tiles in seconds.
For Power Users: Console Tiles
Launch PowerShell, Bash, Git Bash or Python with predefined arguments and working directory. Your terminal, your workflow.
Recently Used
An optional panel shows your recently opened files — sorted by recency, always at hand.
Four Sizes, One Layout
Extra-small, small, large, extra-large — each tile adapts to your layout. Mix sizes freely within a group.
OCR Text Recognition — faster than typing
Select a screen area and QuickStart recognizes the text instantly — faster than typing, more accurate than guessing.
Screen Becomes Text
Draw a frame over any screen content — text from screenshots, presentations, images or PDFs goes straight to your clipboard.
Multi-Monitor Screenshots
Capture any area across all screens — even spanning multiple monitors. Something the Windows Snipping Tool can't do. Works for screenshots and OCR recognition alike.
German & English
Tesseract 5 with LSTM recognition for German and English. Optimized for both languages simultaneously — even with mixed texts.
Smart Image Processing
Six configurable stages prepare the image before recognition: scaling, grayscale, noise reduction, contrast enhancement, sharpening and black-and-white conversion.
Tiny Text? No Problem
Automatic upscaling (up to 3×) makes even the smallest text in screenshots readable — before recognition starts.
Custom Contrast
Adjust contrast strength and binarization threshold until even difficult templates are recognized perfectly.
Straight to Clipboard
Recognized text goes straight to your clipboard — Ctrl+V and keep working. No saving, no exporting.
Voice Input — reimagined
Dictate text into any application. Local processing — your voice never leaves your computer. And that's just the beginning.
Flexible Hotkey
Three modes: Toggle, Hold (push-to-talk) or Auto (detects short tap vs. long press). Works system-wide in any application.
Two Engines, One Choice
Whisper (OpenAI) and Parakeet V3 (NVIDIA) as local engines. Both completely offline. GPU acceleration via DirectML, CUDA or Vulkan.
Text Appears as You Speak
Streaming mode: text is inserted live while you speak. Voice Activity Detection (VAD) recognizes pauses automatically.
Your Vocabulary
Personal Dictionary: proper names, technical terms and company names recognized correctly through context hints and automatic alias correction.
Automatic Text Formatting
Regex post-processing: custom rules transform text automatically. Standard rules for DE/EN/ES pre-installed.
Speaks Your Language
Automatic language detection or manual selection from 16 languages.
Always in the Picture
Subtle overlay shows live status: recording, transcription, duration and engine. Never steals focus.
Hear the Difference
Audio feedback confirms start and stop of recording.
Find your edition
Pay once, use forever. No subscriptions, no hidden fees.
Free, forever
- ✓ Tile Launcher (max 40 tiles)
- ✓ Multi-start tiles
- ✓ Console tiles (PowerShell, Bash, Git Bash)
- ✓ System-wide hotkey (Alt+Q)
- ✓ Explorer integration
- ✓ Recently used files
- ✓ Dark Mode
- ✓ QuickShare Basic (text, 1 device)
- ✓ Voice Input Basic (Whisper base, 1 language, 30 s)
Free with registration
- ✓ Everything in Free, plus:
- 🎁 Unlimited tiles
Register with your email address. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
One-time — save €7
- ✓ Everything in Free+, plus:
- ✓ OCR text recognition (German + English, 6-stage image processing)
- ✓ QuickShare full (images, files, multiple devices, PIN, clipboard sync, history)
- ✓ Voice Input advanced (Whisper all models, unlimited duration, overlay)
One-time — save €6
- ✓ Everything in Pro, plus:
- ✓ Two engines (Whisper + Parakeet V3, GPU acceleration)
- ✓ Push-to-talk & auto mode (3 hotkey modes)
- ✓ Streaming mode (live text while speaking)
- ✓ 16 languages with auto-detection
- ✓ Personal Dictionary (proper names, technical terms, alias correction)
- ✓ Regex post-processing (automatic text formatting)
- ✓ Smart Modes (AI rewriting: clean speech, soften tone, auto-punctuation)
- ✓ Local LLM models (Llama 3.2, Mistral 7B — offline, GPU-accelerated)
- ✓ Priority support (email within 24h)
Already Pro? Upgrade to Ultra for just €11.
| Feature | Free | Free+ | Pro | Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tile Launcher | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tile limit | Max 40 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Multi-start & console tiles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Explorer integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recently used files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| QuickShare text (1 device) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| QuickShare full | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| OCR text recognition | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice Input basic (30 s, 1 language) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice Input advanced (all models, unlimited) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Two engines + GPU | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Push-to-talk & auto mode | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Streaming mode | — | — | — | ✓ |
| 16 languages | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Personal Dictionary | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Regex post-processing | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Smart Modes (local LLM) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Priority support | — | — | — | ✓ |
Frequently asked questions
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Current version: ---
Windows 10 (version 1903) or higher required
QuickStart Modern
.NET 8 — Best performance, all features
App Installer = automatic updates
QuickStart Classic
.NET 4.7.2 — For older systems
App Installer = automatic updates
Make sure App Installer is installed if you use the App Installer link.