Anyrun AlternativesApplication Launchers and other similar apps like Anyrun

Anyrun is described as 'A wayland native, highly customizable runner' and is a application launcher in the education & reference category. There are nine alternatives to Anyrun for Linux, BSD and Wayland. The best Anyrun alternative is Walker, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Anyrun are Rofi, Krunner, dmenu and fuzzel.

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Anyrun alternatives page was last updated Nov 23, 2024
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  1. Walker icon
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    Walker

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    Walker is a highly extendable application launcher that doesn't hold back on features and usability. Fast. Unclutters your brain. Improves your workflow.

    25 Walker alternatives
    Walker screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Wayland Support
    4.  Emoji search
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    Walker VS Anyrun

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    • Walker is the most popular Linux alternative to Anyrun.

    • Walker is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Anyrun.

    • Walker is Free and Open SourceAnyrun is also Free and Open Source
    • Walker is LightweightAnyrun is not according to our users
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    Rofi

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    Rofi started as clone of simpleswitcher, written by Sean Pringle a popup window switcher roughly based on superswitcher. Simpleswitcher laid the foundations and therefor Sean Pringle deserves most of the credit for this tool.

    32 Rofi alternatives
    Rofi screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Window Switching
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    Rofi VS Anyrun

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  4. Krunner icon
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    Krunner

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    KRunner is the launcher built into the Plasma desktop.

    82 Krunner alternatives
    Krunner screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Launcher
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    Krunner VS Anyrun

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    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.

    74 dmenu alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Launcher
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    dmenu VS Anyrun

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  6. fuzzel

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    Application launcher for wlroots based Wayland compositors, similar to rofi's drun mode.

    30 fuzzel alternatives
    Fuzzel, with transparency, on top of a browser window showing a diff of a fuzzel commit

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    fuzzel VS Anyrun

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  7. bemenu

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    Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu.

    55 bemenu alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Launcher

    bemenu VS Anyrun

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  9. tofi

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    Tiny dynamic menu for Wayland.

    25 tofi alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
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    tofi VS Anyrun

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  10. Rofi for Wayland icon
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    Rofi for Wayland

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    This is a fork of Rofi with added support for Wayland via the layer shell protocol.

    31 Rofi for Wayland alternatives
    Rofi for Wayland screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Rofi for Wayland screenshot 1

    Rofi for Wayland Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Window Switching
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    Rofi for Wayland VS Anyrun

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  11. wofi

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    Launcher/menu program for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway.

    54 wofi alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    Discontinued

    This project is not being actively maintained. It does still receive some updates from time to time but nothing frequent.

    wofi VS Anyrun

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