nwg-launchers VS node-gtk

Compare nwg-launchers vs node-gtk and see what are their differences.

nwg-launchers

GTK-based launchers: application grid, button bar, dmenu for sway and other window managers (by nwg-piotr)

node-gtk

GTK+ bindings for NodeJS (via GObject introspection) (by romgrk)
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nwg-launchers node-gtk
5 2
383 483
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0.0 6.0
2 months ago about 1 month ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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nwg-launchers

Posts with mentions or reviews of nwg-launchers. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-28.
  • How are you configuring touchpad gestures?
    5 projects | /r/swaywm | 28 Sep 2021
    Sure thing! appgrid.sh is just a single command calling nwggrid from nwg launchers, a series of graphical shell tools for sway. It was originally started in C++ but the author started the project again in Go.
  • nwg-dock 0.0.1 ready for testing
    7 projects | /r/swaywm | 2 Apr 2021
    This is the last (at least for now) missing part of nwg-shell for sway: autotiling, Azote, nwg-launchers, nwg-panel and nwg-dock.

node-gtk

Posts with mentions or reviews of node-gtk. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-20.
  • CTA: We need Web Developers to Contribute to GNOME!
    2 projects | /r/gnome | 20 Jan 2022
    I'll say it because it kinda saddens me, but contributing to gnome is not a fun experience. Even though I would be normally super excited about such a request and would be happy to contibute to a FOSS project that I like (I did https://github.com/romgrk/web-toolkit and https://github.com/romgrk/node-gtk after all), my experience with many of the long term contributors to gnome has simply been too disheartening. You guys should think about why so many people are put off from contributing to gnome.
  • GTK 4.2.0 is out! New GL renderer, input hints, and a whole new API reference
    3 projects | /r/GTK | 30 Mar 2021
    Look, all I'm saying is GTK needs to do better in terms of documentation, it has been needing it for years. I've worked on nodejs bindings for years and I've more than once stopped worked on it altogether simply out of frustration due to the absence of proper documentation for the whole ecosystem. Please, don't take all this as an attack, I'd be happy to help. But I think you're limiting the project by applying restrictions that chase those who could help.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nwg-launchers and node-gtk you can also consider the following projects:

polybar-dwm-module - A dwm module for polybar

nwg-panel - GTK3-based panel for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors

nwg-bar - GTK3-based button bar for wlroots-based compositors

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

Marker - 🖊 A gtk3 markdown editor

dwm-relative-controls - Simple yet useful dwm patch

win3wm - A Tiling Window Manager for windows 10, Inspired by i3wm

graph-bars-font - OTF font with vertical bars for one-line ASCII spectrum analyzers, graphs, etc

nwg-dock - GTK3-based dock for sway

nwg-shell - Installer & meta-package for the nwg-shell project: a GTK3-based shell for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors

marker - The terminal command palette

gobject-example-rs - Example for exporting a GObject/C API from Rust