ATMIRAL is an accessible text-based menu interface for launching applications and commands from the Linux shell. It provides a straightforward start menu designed for beginners, keyboard users and anyone who wants to organise frequently used commands into a controlled working environment.
Menus are created from human-readable text files and can be arranged into folders and subfolders. ATMIRAL also includes a simple file browser for navigating directories and performing common file operations.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Launch applications, shell commands and scripts from a text-based menu.
- Create customised menus using simple human-readable configuration files.
- Organise menu entries into folders and nested submenus.
- Prompt for filenames, directories, passwords and other command arguments.
- Return automatically to the current menu after running a command.
- Navigate entirely using the keyboard.
- Includes a text-based file browser.
- Open, execute, copy, move and delete files.
- Supports user-specific and system-wide installations.
- Provides English and German translations using GNU gettext.
- Builds as a Debian package or installs using the supplied shell script.
Website: github.com/schulle4u/atmiral
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Developer: Steffen Schultz
License: MIT License
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