SetApp Search for Alfred

Search SetApp Applications via Alfred

SetApp is a paid subscription service that gives you access to 260+ Mac / iOS apps This workflow allows you to search/filter the apps included in SetApp and open the app page in your browser or open the app if installed.

The apps main features include:

• Fetches icons and app information from included JSON file
• Search/filter all the apps currently listed as included
• Open page in browser about selected app
• Open DeepLink of app using UID ie: setapp://launch/12345
• ⇧ - If app is installed alfred will just open the selected app.
• ⇧ - If app Not installed show the information/install page in SetApp application.
• ⌘ - show the platforms this app works on
• ⌥ - show the Rating of the selected app
• ⌘+⌥ - Show both the Platforms and the ratings

Setting Up Your Environment and Building The Project

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9 or higher
• Node.js (for build tools)

Python Environment Setup

1. Create a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv .venv

2. Activate the virtual environment:

   source .venv/bin/activate

3. Install Python dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Running Tests

Once the environment is set up, you can run the test suite:

.venv/bin/python3 -m pytest tests/ -v

Building the Workflow

The project uses Gulp for building. Install Node.js dependencies and build:

npm install
npm run build

Initial App Data Scrape Setup

The workflow now includes an initial scraper setup to convert SetApp HTML app listings into workflow JSON.

1. Place/update source HTML at src/data/apps_temp.html
2. Run the scraper:

python3 src/script/scrape_apps_temp.py

This generates src/data/apps_scraped.json in workflow format:

{
  "items": [
    {
      "uid": 742,
      "title": "Supercharge"
    }
  ]
}

Version Change Summary

v0.0.0.1

• 🧾 Added app details view in Alfred Text View.
• 🔁 Passed app data as Alfred variables.
• 🖼️ Improved cached icon/details display.
• 🛠️ Added setup and build steps to the README.

v0.0.0.2

• ✨ Added support for status and ai fields.
• 🧠 Included AI/status text in result subtitles and search matching.
• 📦 Added Alfred variables: setapp_status and setapp_ai.
• 📄 Updated Text View details to show AI+ status.
• 🔖 Bumped workflow version to 0.0.0.2.

v0.0.0.3

• 🆕 Added 30 new apps to the dataset.
• 🤖 Added initial auto-scrape setup to convert app HTML into JSON.
• 🧱 Scraper output now matches workflow format with top-level items.

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• Workflow currently uses hardcoded apps.json file I formatted from their site: https://setapp.com/apps
• TODO - make JSON file download via an API or some other way rather than including in workflow.
• TODO - filter by platform i.e. iOS | macOS
• TODO - sort by rating i.e. percentage out of 100

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SetApp is produced/owned by MacPaw - https://setapp.com

This workflow is under the MIT License.

I have found many of the apps in SetApp extremely useful.

CDoug