Xstarter
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Terminal-based application launcher for Unix-like systems.
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- No registration required
- No Tracking
- Ad-free
- Dark Mode
- Works Offline
- Application Launchers
Xstarter News & Activities
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Recent activities
- K0RR updated Xstarter
- POX added Xstarter as alternative to Raycast for Linux
POX added Xstarter as alternative to Leader Key
Xstarter information
Developed by
lchsk Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
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- English
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- 55 Stars
- 4 Forks
- 2 Open Issues
- Updated
What is Xstarter?
xstarter - Terminal-based application launcher for Unix-like systems
Features
- a clean, simple interface that works on various terminals
- able to search for applications using environment variables (e.g. $PATH) and user-provided list of directories
- can be configured to launch via a key-binding
- remembers previously launched applications allowing to find them more quickly
- allows fuzzy search (parts of the query can be separated with a space)
- applications can be launched with 1, 2, ..., 0 keys, depending on their position in the search results
- fast, uses cache by default
- easy to configure via a single text file
Comments and Reviews
very good package, i change defaut menu of xfce to this, wonderfull linux/unix like