Ulauncher
Feature rich application Launcher for Linux (by Ulauncher)
Waybar
Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors. :v: :tada: (by Alexays)
| Ulauncher | Waybar | |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | 92 | |
| 3,400 | 5,462 | |
| 1.0% | - | |
| 9.7 | 9.7 | |
| 8 days ago | 2 days ago | |
| Python | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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.
Ulauncher
Posts with mentions or reviews of Ulauncher.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-06.
- Using Ubuntu with Ulauncher
- How do I make alt+space behave like it would on a Mac?
- ULauncher - Larger window area?
- desktop files linked to applications can't be run from Nautilus in GNOME 44 (Fedora 38)
- Hotkeys with Super key don't work as expected in Elementary Juno · Issue #405 · Ulauncher/Ulauncher
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How do you guys make good use of the app grid? I feel like I use it way less than I originally thought.
NOTE: If you're using a Wayland session, the Ctrl + Space shortcut (which brings up the launcher) will be unreliable due to other windows eating the keyboard events instead (see the official Ulauncher wiki). The workaround solution is very simple and also works on X11, so we'll replace Ulauncher's default binding with the workaround technique everywhere, so that it works universally on both X11 and Wayland.
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Just Perfection GNOME Shell Extension Version 23 (Codename Goya)
Ulauncher. You can also watch this video to see what it can do.
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My new LM Desktop
Install ULauncher https://ulauncher.io
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Linux implementation
A good alternative though is Ulauncher
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Gnome usage question
https://ulauncher.io or https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/
Waybar
Posts with mentions or reviews of Waybar.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-09.
- Hyprland waybar custom modules on-click never works
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How to disable some itens in Waybar?
If I understand https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/wiki/Configuration correctly, what is to be displayed is defined in a JSON file that can be located in one of the directories mentioned.
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Waybar, how to show hour without leading zero?
GNU calls their extensions "equivalent to" things I'd have suggested trying ($_I or $-l), but I'm not sure if the equivalents are themselves GNU extensions, too. Regardless, reading this Waybar Github issue about %OI, I get the impression there was a regression at some point, in any case on March 27th 2022 someone says it "used to work fine until recently".
- [Waybar] Add workspace styles for multiple monitors
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Error installing waybar on arch
hope it helps. source btw: https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/issues/2177
- How to get workspaces showing in default waybar-hyprland-git
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Issue with patching package with pull request
{ config, pkgs, ... }: { wayland.windowManager.sway = let patchedWaybar = pkgs.waybar.overrideAttrs(prev: final: { patches = [ (pkgs.fetchpatch { url = "https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/pull/2134.diff"; sha256 = "1hzdv3b8zzps50pdcb8pj9cxwaix4q2d4gsqb9dl9vflgl429hq3"; }) ]; }); in { enable = true; config.bars = [{ statusCommand = "${patchedWaybar}/bin/waybar"; }]; };
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Hyprland with Waybar Config Reloading
See this issue. CSS and only new properties in config are reloaded when SIGUSR2 is triggered.
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Persistent workspaces?
I think this has just been added to waybar (wlr/workspaces) to work in a similar manner to how it is in sway/workspaces. No need for fake empty terminals. Something was merged for wwlr/workspaces in the waybar github. See - https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/pull/2089.
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How do I set Waybar’s font?
Ah, well in looking at their git, it appears some do have fallback font issues. See here - https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/issues/215
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Ulauncher and Waybar you can also consider the following projects:
albert - A fast and flexible keyboard launcher
eww - ElKowars wacky widgets
rofi - A huge collection of Rofi based custom Applets, Launchers & Powermenus.
i3status-rust - Very resourcefriendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust
rofi - Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor
blur-my-shell - Extension that adds a blur look to different parts of the GNOME Shell, including the top panel, dash and overview
pywal - 🎨 Generate and change color-schemes on the fly.
i3 - A fork of the i3 window manager with gaps and some other features. :warning: i3-gaps has been merged into i3.
nwg-panel - GTK3-based panel for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors
picom - A lightweight compositor for X11 (previously a compton fork)
plata-theme