dmenu Alternatives

dmenu is described as 'Dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm. It manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently' and is a application launcher in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to dmenu for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, File Explorer and Wayland apps. The best dmenu alternative is Vicinae, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like dmenu are Listary, Raycast, Alfred and Keypirinha.

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  1. Bins icon
     26 likes

    Groups your app icons in Windows taskbar.

    10 Bins alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. SOL icon
     5 likes

    If you ever liked tools like Raycast and Alfred, but wanted to own them and tweak them yourself, then SOL is the tool for you. All the affordances of complex tools now made open source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Start icon
     1 like

    With start, the innovative launcher for macOS, you can open applications, documents, shortcuts, URLs, and folders in an instant. Say goodbye to clutter - start brings order and efficiency to your workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • MacPaw Setapp
     
  4. Keybreeze icon
     10 likes

    Hotkey-activated desktop toolbar for launching files, folders, and websites, searching online resources, managing notes and reminders, pasting custom text, automating tasks with macros, handling clipboard history, performing calculations, and keeping windows on top.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Charmstone icon
     1 like

    The quicker switcher launcher for macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Scherlokk icon
     6 likes

    Performs high-speed file searches using a proprietary engine across built-in, portable, and network drives, including hidden and non-indexed files, supports detailed result filtering, provides file comparison, hex editing, autosave, advanced sorting, and multitasking.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Butler icon
     6 likes

    Butler's purpose is to ease all those routine tasks you do every day: controlling iTunes, opening programs and documents, switching users, searching for stuff on the web, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. SlickRun icon
     19 likes

    SlickRun is a free floating command line utility for Windows. SlickRun gives almost instant access to any program or website. SlickRun allows you to create command aliases (known as MagicWords), so C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe becomes MAIL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Portable Start Menu is a simple and free start menu application that can be installed on USB sticks or local PCs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10.  1 like

    This code provides the MenuStart plugin to nwg-panel. It also may be used standalone, however, with a little help from command line arguments.

    57 nwg-menu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Salmon icon
     3 likes

    Salmon - Spotlight for Finder. Powerful search tool for files and folders with support for multiple selection. Powerful @modifiers to filter and sort.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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