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 Nov 23, 2024
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  1. AddToRun icon

    AddToRun

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    AddToRun is a small utility that will allow you to open any file or application from the Start Menu's Run Command dialog box (WIN+R). It has a very simple interface which will allow you to select a file and assign it an alias or friendly name.

    23 AddToRun alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    AddToRun screenshot 1

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  2. GNOME Launch Box

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    Launch Box is generally an application launcher. It's very influenced by Quicksilver for Mac OSX. Remember that this is only a first release so don't get your hopes up too much. Launch Box is written for the GNOME 2.10 platform and depends on GTK+ 2.

    36 GNOME Launch Box alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    GNOME Launch Box
    Discontinued

    This app seems to be totaly discontinuited. The official page on Gnome project points to an inexistant git repo. In Debian archives, last known version is 0.2-1.1:https://archive.debian.net/fr/source/lenny/gnome-launch-boxActivity at FTP link dates back to 2009:http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-launch-box/

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  4. Mini Run icon

    Mini Run

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    A handy tool to start application by keyboard.

    107 Mini Run alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Mini Run VS dmenu

     
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    Raycast

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  6. LaunchOne icon

    LaunchOne

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    LaunchOne is a keyboard Launcher similar to Launchy . It allows you to start applications and documents via keyboard using completion on EVERY arg (major lack of Launchy).

    66 LaunchOne alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 0.1.2, released in May 2008, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    LaunchOne VS dmenu

     
  7. EasyShell icon

    EasyShell

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    A  user-friendly graphical shell  with tons of features that empowers non-technical people to do complicated stuff  faster than ever before with simple, natural commands. Opening, Quiting, Installing or Uninstalling apps is now a breeze.

    16 EasyShell alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Installing apps

    EasyShell Features

    1.  Natural Language Processing

    EasyShell VS dmenu

     

  8. 9menu

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    create a menu to run commands.

    14 9menu alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    9menu Features

    1.  Command line interface

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  10. Bashrun2

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    Launcher that uses a terminal with a modified bash session.

    Bashrun2 is the second generation version of bashrun, an application launcher running a modified bash session in a small terminal window, providing all the well known bash features like tab-completion and history. Addi.

    7 Bashrun2 alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Bashrun2 VS dmenu

     
  11. Rofi for Wayland icon

    Rofi for Wayland

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    This is a fork of Rofi with added support for Wayland via the layer shell protocol.

    32 Rofi for Wayland alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Rofi for Wayland screenshot 1

    Rofi for Wayland Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Window Switching

    Rofi for Wayland VS dmenu

     

  12. Anyrun

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    A wayland native, highly customizable runner.

    9 Anyrun alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Anyrun Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Unit converter

    Anyrun VS dmenu

     

  13. nwg-menu

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

    51 nwg-menu alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    nwg-menu screenshot 1

    nwg-menu Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required

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