rofi
Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement [Moved to: https://github.com/davatorium/rofi] (by DaveDavenport)
xprompt
A dmenu rip-off with contextual completion (by phillbush)
| rofi | xprompt | |
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| 1 | 4 | |
| 8,188 | 97 | |
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| 10.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 2 years ago | over 1 year ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
rofi
Posts with mentions or reviews of rofi.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-09.
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does anyone know how can i install Rofi v1.7.0 on Fedora?
sudo dnf info rofi Last metadata expiration check: 1:22:21 ago on Tue 09 Nov 2021 07:01:29 PM AEDT. Installed Packages Name : rofi Version : 1.6.1 Release : 2.fc34 Architecture : x86_64 Size : 502 k Source : rofi-1.6.1-2.fc34.src.rpm Repository : u/System From repo : fedora Summary : A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement URL : https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi License : MIT Description : Rofi is a dmenu replacement. Rofi, like dmenu, will provide the user with a : textual list of options where one or more can be selected. This can either be, : running an application, selecting a window or options provided by an external : script.
xprompt
Posts with mentions or reviews of xprompt.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-22.
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Looking for single line terminal (like dmenu with shell completion). Does that exist?
Have a look at xprompt
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How to make dmenu support input method
xprompt can do this, but it has a lot of change seems hard for me to learn...
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Can't use fcitx input chinese on dmenu?
If you want, you can try xprompt, my fork of dmenu that supportx X input methods.
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| Weekly Workshop 2021-01-22
Hello, I just released a new version of xprompt, my dmenu-like program. This version adds undo/redo support and improved input method support.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing rofi and xprompt you can also consider the following projects:
jgmenu - An X11 menu
picom - A lightweight compositor for X11 (previously a compton fork)
dmenu-rs - A pixel perfect port of dmenu, rewritten in Rust with extensive plugin support
dafmenu - D And Fzf menu. A custom build of dmenu with fzf-like functionality, plus a collection of scripts utilizing its features.
stalonetray - STAnd aLONE TRAY (notification area) implementation for X11
pmenu - A pie-menu in xlib and imlib2.
polybar - A fast and easy-to-use status bar
gxkb - 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇱🇹 X11 keyboard indicator and switcher
xstarter - Application launcher for Linux
i3 - A fork of the i3 window manager with gaps and some other features. :warning: i3-gaps has been merged into i3.
xroach - Classic xroach game for X11