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Walker

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Walker is a highly extendable application launcher that doesn't hold back on features and usability. Fast. Unclutters your brain. Improves your workflow.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

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  • Linux
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  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Support for Themes

Features

  1.  Support for scripting
  2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  3.  Application Launchers
  4.  Wayland Support
  5.  Emoji search
  6.  File Search

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Walker information

  • Developed by

    Andrej Benz

  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Alternatives

    29 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

OS & Utilities, File Management

GitHub repository

  •  896 Stars
  •  32 Forks
  •  13 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 29, 2025 
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What is Walker?

Walker is a highly extendable application launcher that doesn't hold back on features and usability. Fast. Unclutters your brain. Improves your workflow.

Features

  • plugin support: simple stdin/stdout (external or via configuration, see wiki)
  • icons/images
  • start as service for faster startup
  • run entries via labels (F<1-8> or jkl;asdf)
  • non-blocking async handling of results
  • typeahead
  • start with explicit modules, style or config
  • arrow-up history
  • drag&drop support
  • dmenu-mode
  • run as password input
  • theming support (global, per module, with inheritance)

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