j4-dmenu-desktop vs dmenu-rs

j4-dmenu-desktop

A fast desktop menu (by enkore)

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dmenu-rs

A pixel perfect port of dmenu, rewritten in Rust with extensive plugin support (by Shizcow)

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j4-dmenu-desktop		dmenu-rs
	Project
11	Mentions	1
655	Stars	195
-	Growth	-
9.0	Activity	6.1
5 days ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
C++	Language	Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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j4-dmenu-desktop

Posts with mentions or reviews of j4-dmenu-desktop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-26.

Arch Linux Updates Keep Breaking Packages (I've Given Up On Pacman!)
1 project | /r/DistroTube | 24 Nov 2022
running dmenu commands with arguments
1 project | /r/suckless | 22 Nov 2022

you can run .desktop files with j4-dmenu-desktop
tofi - a tiny rofi / dmenu for Sway
4 projects | /r/swaywm | 26 Jun 2022

Not heard of that before, looks like similar points as for bemenu apply (tofi is faster and more themeable, but less polished overall). Tofi also doesn't support icons - not sure if it will to be honest, given the above comment that j4-dmenu-desktop can do the desktop file searching.
kitty instead of xterm, can no longer spawn terminal based applications with dmenu or associated bindings
1 project | /r/spectrwm | 22 Jun 2022
Your favorite launcher ?
5 projects | /r/swaywm | 2 Jun 2022

In case someone stumbles upon this post, I'd like to suggest using this in combination with j4-dmenu-desktop for use with .desktop files.
dmenu_run cleaner and faster selection list
1 project | /r/suckless | 25 Feb 2022
.desktop file into dmenu
2 projects | /r/suckless | 11 Feb 2022

You should checkout this project
Make dmenu read .desktop apps
2 projects | /r/suckless | 26 Nov 2021
Ask HN: Cool dmenu-driven script ideas?
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Feb 2021
Noob here, what is the "go-to" software at the moment?
2 projects | /r/swaywm | 18 Feb 2021

https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop#readme https://github.com/sardemff7/j4status#readme

dmenu-rs

Posts with mentions or reviews of dmenu-rs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-26.

Good way to set up default configurations
4 projects | /r/rust | 26 Feb 2021

from https://github.com/Shizcow/dmenu-rs/blob/master/src/plugins/lookup/engines.rs

What are some alternatives?

When comparing j4-dmenu-desktop and dmenu-rs you can also consider the following projects:

i3 - A tiling window manager for X11

rofi - Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement

Direwolf-Arch-Rice - 🐺🍚 A guide to replicating my riced Arch Linux set-up.

sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor

rofi - Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement [Moved to: https://github.com/davatorium/rofi]

dmenu-emoji - Search an emoji by name and copy it to the clipboard [i3, dmenu, rofi]

networkmanager-dmenu - Control NetworkManager via dmenu

sway-launcher-desktop - TUI Application launcher with Desktop Entry support. Made for SwayWM, but runs anywhere

clipmenu - Clipboard management using dmenu

Marlin-2-0-x-Anycubic-i3-MEGA-S - Marlin 2.0.x Version for Anycubic i3 MEGA M/S/P/X/CHIRON and 4MAX with Anycubic TFT or the "new" DGUS Clone TFT - Now also with BLTouch!

rbmenu - Rust Bookmark (d)Menu, a dmenu/ncurses based interface to manage bookmarks