Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
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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, Alfred, Raycast and Keypirinha.
Alternatives list
Do you often find yourself looking for a program in the long list of the Start menu?
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
Enso is dead simple to use. You just hold down the Caps Lock key and type an Enso command, which is displayed in a translucent overlay. Once the command is typed, you simply release the Caps Lock key to activate it, and the overlay disappears.
Verve is a lightweight and blazingly fast launcher for accessing and opening applications, files and documents. It serves as a replacement for popular tools such as Spotlight, Raycast, and Alfred, and is written in the Rust programming language using the Tauri Framework.
LaunchPanel is a completely FREE application that allows you to quickly launch applications, open files and folders.
Blaze is an application launcher that distinguishes from amongst the others by being able to automate recurrent tasks performed in the file-system or even any application on Microsoft Windows.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
+1
37 Advanced Run alternativesAdvanced Run is a replacement for a standard Windows Run dialog. Advanced Run allows you to run any program, run any command line command, open and edit and print documents on behalf of any user account without switching between user accounts.
21 Gnome Completion-Run Utility alternativesApplication launcher with bash-like completion. It's a simple program which provides a "run program" window, featuring a bash-like TAB completion. It uses GTK+ interface. Also, supports CTRL-R / CTRL-S / "!" for searching through history. Running commands.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
+7
Skylight is an experimental keyboard launcher. It lets you quickly find and open anything on your computer or the web. Start apps, documents or search websites with a few keystrokes, it even learns from your habits.
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gRun is a GTK based Run dialog that closely resembles the Windows Run dialog, just like xexec. It has a intelligent history mechanism and a dual level fork() mechanism for launching the application in its own process.
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