Application launcher for wlroots based Wayland compositors, similar to rofi's drun mode.
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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 Raycast, Listary, Alfred and Keypirinha.
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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.
30 Blaze Launcher alternativesBlaze 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
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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.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
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.
Overflow is an application designed to quickly launch applications, open documents, or access folders while reducing the number of items needed in your Dock. Anything you want can be added to the Overflow interface, making it accessible through a few simple mouse clicks or...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
Namely is possibly the fastest way to open applications. And unlike some other launchers, it doesn't require any learning.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
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