9menu AlternativesShells and other similar apps like 9menu

9menu is described as 'Create a menu to run commands' and is a Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to 9menu for Linux, Windows and Mac. The best 9menu alternative is dmenu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like 9menu are Zenity, Yad, easybashgui and KDialog.

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  1. dmenu icon

    dmenu

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    dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm. It manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.

    78 dmenu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    Highly regarded, simple menuing system, with lots of patches available for customization.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • dmenu is the most popular Linux alternative to 9menu.

    • dmenu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to 9menu.

    • dmenu is Free and Open Source9menu is also Free and Open Source
    • dmenu is Lightweight9menu is not according to our users
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    Zenity

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    Zenity is a tool that allows you to display GTK dialog boxes in commandline and shell scripts.

    22 Zenity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    Yad

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    Yad (yet another dialog) is a fork of Zenity with many improvements, such as custom buttons, additional dialogs, pop-up menu in notification icon and more. It's useful for creating quick and easy GUIs for shell and batch scripting.

    22 Yad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    Sample dialog with tabs from YAD's SourceForge.
     
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    easybashgui

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    Bash functions library for *BSD and GNU/Linux that aims to give simple GUI functions using yad, gtkdialog, kdialog, zenity, Xdialog, (c)dialog, whiptail or bash builtins depending on KDE or GNOME running or not, Yad/Gtkdialog/Xdialog installed or not and, eventually, X...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. KDialog icon

    KDialog

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    kdialog allows you to display dialog boxes from shell scripts. The syntax is very much inspired from the "dialog" command (which shows text mode dialogs).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  7. xlunch icon

    xlunch

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    Welcome! This is xlunch, the coolest graphical app launcher for Xorg/X11. It requires only pure Xlib and Imlib2. It allows you to run programs, commands, or simply select something out of a list using your mouse, keyboard, or both!

    2 xlunch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    xlunch as logout/restart/shutdown interface
     

  9. whiptail

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    display dialog boxes from shell scripts.

    22 whiptail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     

  10. dialog

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    display dialog boxes from shell scripts. Curses based. Works in console mode.

    22 dialog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • dialog is the most popular Windows alternative to 9menu.

    • dialog is Free and Open Source9menu is also Free and Open Source
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    MessagePop

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    MessagePop is a simple application designed to help you convey a message to the computer user. The program allows you to specify the message text and the other parameters from the command line.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Default message
     

  12. xmessage

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    display a message or query in a window (X-based /bin/echo).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    gxmessage

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    a GTK-based xmessage clone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  14. CocoaDialog

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    CocoaDialog is an OS X application that allows the use of common GUI controls such as file selectors, text input, progress bars, yes/no confirmations and more with a command-line application. It requires no knowledge of Cocoa, and is ideal for use in shell and Perl scripts (or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     

    • CocoaDialog is the most popular Mac alternative to 9menu.

    • CocoaDialog is Free and Open Source9menu is also Free and Open Source
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