nwg-drawer Alternatives

nwg-drawer is described as 'Application launcher, developed with sway and Hyprland in mind, but should also work with other wlroots-based Wayland compositors' and is a application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to nwg-drawer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, File Explorer and iPhone apps. The best nwg-drawer alternative is Listary, which is free. Other great apps like nwg-drawer are Alfred, Keypirinha, Raycast and Ulauncher.

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  1. SlickRun icon
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    SlickRun is a free floating command line utility for Windows. SlickRun gives almost instant access to any program or website. SlickRun allows you to create command aliases (known as MagicWords), so C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe becomes MAIL.

    39 SlickRun alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Butler icon
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    Butler's purpose is to ease all those routine tasks you do every day: controlling iTunes, opening programs and documents, switching users, searching for stuff on the web, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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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.

    54 nwg-menu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Application launcher for wlroots based Wayland compositors, similar to rofi's drun mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    OpenWith Enhanced is a small freeware application which replaces the standard Windows 'Open With...' window with an improved comprehensive yet intuitive dialog box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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
     
  9. Enso Launcher icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10.  6 likes
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    Mutate is a simple launcher inspired by Alfred for Ubuntu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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