Worf is a fast and configurable application launcher designed for Wayland. Written in Rust with GTK4, it is inspired by wofi, rofi and Walker.
The launcher provides multiple operating modes for starting desktop applications, executing commands, opening files, connecting to SSH hosts, performing calculations, selecting emoji and searching the web. Its automatic mode detects the intended action from the entered query.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Launch installed desktop applications.
- Browse and open files.
- Execute shell commands.
- Connect quickly to SSH hosts.
- Perform calculations, including binary and hexadecimal conversions and bitwise operations.
- Search the web using a configurable search provider.
- Select emoji and copy them to the clipboard.
- Automatically detect the appropriate operating mode.
- Choose between fuzzy, contains and multi-term matching methods.
- Customize the interface using wofi-compatible CSS and GTK4 styling.
- Configure behaviour through TOML files or command-line options.
- Supports configurable dimensions, positioning, orientation, columns, icons and keyboard shortcuts.
- Integrates with Hyprland blur effects.
Website: github.com/alexmohr/worf
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Developer: Alexander Mohr
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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