A replacement for i3-dmenu-desktop
Its purpose is to find .desktop files and offer you a menu to start an application using dmenu.
Gnome-Pie is described as 'Circular application launcher for Linux. It is made of several pies, each consisting of multiple slices. The user presses a key stroke which opens the desired pie. By activating one of its slices, applications may be launched, key presses may be simulated or files' and is a application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Gnome-Pie for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, File Explorer and Flatpak apps. The best Gnome-Pie alternative is Listary, which is free. Other great apps like Gnome-Pie are Keypirinha, Gnome Do, Kando and Quicksilver.
A replacement for i3-dmenu-desktop
Its purpose is to find .desktop files and offer you a menu to start an application using dmenu.
Slingscold is a lightweight app launcher for GNU/Linux, written in Vala and utilizing GTK+ and Cairo.

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.

Slingshot is the lightweight and stylish app launcher designed for elementary OS .


