Worf is a fast and configurable application launcher designed for Wayland. Written in Rust with GTK4.
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Category: Desktop
6 Best Free and Open Source Linux TUI Application Launchers
Application launchers play an integral part in making the Linux desktop a more productive environment to work and play.
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Sherlock – lightweight, highly configurable application launcher
Sherlock is a lightweight, highly configurable application launcher built with Rust and GTK4.
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nwg-drawer – GTK-based application launcher
nwg-drawer is a GTK-based application launcher designed for Sway, Hyprland and other wlroots-based Wayland compositors.
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Anyrun – Wayland-native application launcher
Anyrun is a Wayland-native application launcher inspired by KRunner. It offers a highly extensible plugin architecture
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9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Search Engines
Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Docks
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 12 docks that genuinely add to the desktop experience.
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Rudo – small application dock
Rudo is a small application dock designed for Wayland desktops. It provides quick access to pinned applications, tracks running windows.
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Docking – lightweight, feature-rich desktop dock
Docking is a lightweight, feature-rich desktop dock for Linux. Written in Python using GTK 3 and Cairo
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14 Best Free and Open Source GUI-Based Calendar Software
You don’t need a proprietary hosted solution for your calendar needs. There are open source projects offering a perfect fit.
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26 Best Free and Open Source Tiling Wayland Compositors
This article focuses on tiling Wayland compositors. We only feature free and open source software in this roundup.
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11 Best Free and Open Source Dynamic Window Managers
A dynamic window manager is a tiling window manager where windows are tiled based on preset layouts between which the user can switch.
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IonWL – manual tiling Wayland compositor
IonWL is a manual tiling Wayland compositor inspired by Ion3 and Notion. It aims to bring Ion-style frame-based window management to Wayland.
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CwC – extensible Wayland compositor
CwC is an extensible Wayland compositor with dynamic window management based on wlroots.
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doors – Wayland compositor based on bspwm
doors is a Wayland compositor based on bspwm. It offers floating, tiling, and scrolling layouts.
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scroll – i3-compatible Wayland compositor forked from sway
scroll is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor forked from sway. It replaces traditional tiling layouts with a scrolling layout.
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Pinnacle – Wayland compositor built using Smithay
Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built using Smithay which seeks inspiration from AwesomeWM.
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miracle-wm – hackable Wayland compositor
miracle-wm is a hackable Wayland compositor built on Mir. It brings keyboard-driven tiling window management to Wayland.
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dusk – dynamic window manager for X
dusk is a dynamic window manager for X that has its roots in dwm. It uses workspaces instead of tags.
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dk – list based tiling window manager for X11
dk is a list based tiling window manager for X11 inspired by dwm, bspwm, and xmonad, offering a scriptable, keyboard-driven environment.
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