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, Mac, Linux, File Explorer and Safari apps. The best dmenu alternative is Listary, which is free. Other great apps like dmenu are Keypirinha, Alfred, Raycast and Ulauncher.

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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.

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dmenu alternatives page was last updated Dec 29, 2022
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    Mutate is a simple launcher inspired by Alfred for Ubuntu.

    56 Mutate alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The last commit to the GitHub repo was on November 5th, 2015.

    Mutate Features

    1.  Launcher

    Mutate VS dmenu

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

    46 Portable Start Menu alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Portable Start Menu Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Launcher
    3.  Software Management

    Portable Start Menu VS dmenu

     
  3. Promptu icon
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    Say goodbye to repetitive, time-consuming tasks, like hunting through your programs, folders, files, and bookmarks for the ones you need. Promptu lets you associate meaningful names with programs, folders, files, bookmarks, etc, and access them almost instantly from your...

    72 Promptu alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Promptu Features

    1.  Launcher

    Promptu VS dmenu

     
  4. LaunchPanel icon
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    LaunchPanel is a completely FREE application that allows you to quickly launch applications, open files and folders.

    78 LaunchPanel alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac

    LaunchPanel Features

    1.  Launcher

    LaunchPanel VS dmenu

     
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    The Application Finder is a program to find and launch installed applications on your system, and quickly execute commands.

    45 Application Finder alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    Application Finder Features

    1.  Dashboard

    Application Finder VS dmenu

     
  6. Verve icon
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    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.

    69 Verve alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Launcher

    Verve VS dmenu

     
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    Tired of digging into crowded Start Menu? JetStart offers you a quick access to categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs and system commands.

    79 JetStart alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    JetStart VS dmenu

     
  8. Blaze icon
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    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.

    32 Blaze alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The latest version of Blaze (0.5.6.10 beta) has been released in April 2010.

    Blaze Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Launcher

    Blaze VS dmenu

     
  9. Advanced Run icon
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    Advanced 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.

    40 Advanced Run alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.0, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.

    Advanced Run VS dmenu

     
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    Application 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.

    21 Gnome Completion-Run Utility alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Gnome Completion-Run Utility VS dmenu

     
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