dmenu is a fast and lightweight dynamic menu for X. It reads arbitrary text from stdin, and creates a menu with one item for each line.
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Tag: application launcher
Gnome-Pie – slick application launcher for Linux
Gnome-Pie is a circular application launcher for Linux that’s meant to be fun, easy to use, fast, and visually attractive.
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rofi – window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
rofi is a window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement. Its main aim is to improve your workflow, allowing users to quickly switch between windows, start applications or log into a remote machine via ssh.
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Synapse – semantic launcher written in Vala
Synapse is a semantic graphical launcher written in Vala that you can use to start applications as well as find and access relevant documents and files.
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lxqt-runner – LXQt application launcher
lxqt-runner is a tool used to launch programs quickly by typing their names. A calculator function is implemented too.
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Launchy – application launcher tool
Launchy is a utility designed to help users forget about the application menu, the icons on the desktop, and even the file manager.
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fuzzel – application launcher for wlroots based Wayland compositors
Fuzzel is a Wayland-native application launcher, similar to rofi’s drun mode. It’s free and open source software.
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xstarter – application launcher
xstarter is an application launcher for Linux. It lives in the terminal and works well with tiling window managers (e.g. xmonad, i3 etc).
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Avant Window Navigator – dock-like bar
Avant Window Navigator (Awn) is a free and open source Mac OS X like panel for the GNOME Desktop written in C.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Launchpad
Apple Launchpad is a central location where you can view all your apps and easily open them. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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