Anyrun AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Search Utilities

The best File Search alternative to Anyrun is Walker, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked nine alternatives to Anyrun and four of them are File Search Utilities so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Search Utility alternatives to Anyrun are Rofi, Krunner and dmenu.

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A wayland native, highly customizable runner.

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Anyrun alternatives page was last updated Aug 12, 2024
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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
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    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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    Krunner

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    KRunner is the launcher built into the Plasma desktop.

    82 Krunner alternatives
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    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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