j4-dmenu-desktop
A fast desktop menu (by enkore)
rofi
Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement (by davatorium)
| j4-dmenu-desktop | rofi | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 152 | |
| 655 | 12,430 | |
| - | 1.1% | |
| 9.0 | 8.5 | |
| 5 days ago | 7 days ago | |
| C++ | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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.
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!)
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running dmenu commands with arguments
you can run .desktop files with j4-dmenu-desktop
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tofi - a tiny rofi / dmenu for Sway
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
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Your favorite launcher ?
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
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.desktop file into dmenu
You should checkout this project
- Make dmenu read .desktop apps
- Ask HN: Cool dmenu-driven script ideas?
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Noob here, what is the "go-to" software at the moment?
https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop#readme https://github.com/sardemff7/j4status#readme
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 2023-06-27.
- Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
- macOS Command-Line Tools You Might Not Know About
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What is the appeal of the 'start menu' in so many desktop environments?
You'll probably like rofi.
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Possible to filter clipboard when using `unamedplus`?
Also, I use this script so that Rofi will show my clipboard instead of the native klipper UI (because it's far less keyboard friendly). Normally the script works great, but the script chokes whenever I `dd` an empty line or a lone `\`, putting an empty entry on my clipboard, which the wrapper than assumes means I'm at the end of the list of clipboard entries.
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Rofi dry run
Which rofi you run? The original one from https://github.com/davatorium/rofi (which is Xorg base, so it has to start XWayland) or the Wayland-based fork on https://github.com/lbonn/rofi?
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Cozytile - A Cozy Qtile Rice
OS: Arch Linux WM: Qtile Panel: Qtile bar Launcher: Rofi Notification Daemon: Dunst Terminal: Alacritty Shell: Zsh Compositor: Picom File Manager: Nemo Music Player: Spotify & ncmpcpp
- [Manjaro Linux] Manjaro + XFCE + ROFI + DRACULA THÈME
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What's your recommended launcher app in your opinion?
I like rofi (super flexible, i also use it as a custom alt-tab option in openbox) and wofi is a nice option on wayland
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xfce workplace switcher in polybar
Modi are covered in the documentation. They set what Rofi displays in its window. You can run Rofi from a keybind, or a module in Polybar, or by using click handlers. Extremely extensible and versatile. And a shit ton of fun to theme. :)
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A sensible NixOS Xfce desktop configuration
xwinmosaic: Having tried XMonad.Actions.GridSelect in the past, I found the 2-dimensional grid more confusing than useful because you cannot intuit where it would lay things out. I find Rofi to be more usable for window switching because it prioritizes text filtering. https://github.com/davatorium/rofi
What are some alternatives?
When comparing j4-dmenu-desktop and rofi you can also consider the following projects:
i3 - A tiling window manager for X11
albert - A fast and flexible keyboard launcher
sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor
dmenu-rs - A pixel perfect port of dmenu, rewritten in Rust with extensive plugin support
dmenu-emoji - Search an emoji by name and copy it to the clipboard [i3, dmenu, rofi]
polybar - A fast and easy-to-use status bar
sway-launcher-desktop - TUI Application launcher with Desktop Entry support. Made for SwayWM, but runs anywhere
Ulauncher - Feature rich application Launcher for Linux
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!
nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more
nwg-shell - Installer & meta-package for the nwg-shell project: a GTK3-based shell for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors
dunst - Lightweight and customizable notification daemon
j4-dmenu-desktop vs i3
rofi vs albert
j4-dmenu-desktop vs sway
rofi vs dmenu-rs
j4-dmenu-desktop vs dmenu-emoji
rofi vs polybar
j4-dmenu-desktop vs sway-launcher-desktop
rofi vs Ulauncher
j4-dmenu-desktop vs Marlin-2-0-x-Anycubic-i3-MEGA-S
rofi vs nerd-fonts
j4-dmenu-desktop vs nwg-shell
rofi vs dunst