pmenu VS suru-plus

Compare pmenu vs suru-plus and see what are their differences.

pmenu

A pie-menu in xlib and imlib2. (by phillbush)
C X11 xshape Unix Xlib pie-menu Imlib2 Menu xrender
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suru-plus

Suru++ 25 — A cyberpunk, elegant, futuristic and Papirus-like third-party icons theme (by gusbemacbe)
suru-icons Icons Ubuntu Linux suru suru-plus Cyberpunk futuristic Modern MacOS Macosx
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pmenu suru-plus
9 4
205 337
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6.3 0.0
8 months ago over 1 year ago
C Shell
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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pmenu

Posts with mentions or reviews of pmenu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-04.
  • [OC] XFiles: A modular X11 file browser (WIP)
    4 projects | /r/linux | 4 Jan 2023
    It does not have a context menu. Instead, it uses a script set in the $XFILES_CONTEXTCMD environment variable. This script must call xmenu, pmenu, thingmenu, jgmenu, or any other mouse-controllable menu; and gets as argument the paths to selected files.
  • "Weapon wheel" for X11 - alternative to rofi
    1 project | /r/i3wm | 19 Nov 2022
    sounds like a great idea actually. Check out https://github.com/phillbush/pmenu I haven't had time sadly.
  • Abysmal network performance on XPS 15
    24 projects | /r/archlinux | 24 Aug 2022
     ~ λ paru [sudo] password for ken: :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date multilib is up to date error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Could not resolve host: mirrors.rit.edu warning: too many errors from mirrors.rit.edu, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Could not resolve host: mirrors.rit.edu error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Could not resolve host: mirrors.rit.edu error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Failed to connect to mirrors.rit.edu port 443 after 8720 ms: Connection timed out :: Starting full system upgrade... there is nothing to do :: Looking for AUR upgrades :: Looking for devel upgrades error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/tryone144/picom.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomoxify.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/phillbush/pmenu.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/themix-plugin-base16.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/GreenRaccoon23/archdroid-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/simmel/urxvt-resize-font.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/gnome-colors-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/khanhas/spicetify-cli.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/gusbemacbe/suru-plus.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/BetterDiscord/BetterDiscord.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/elkowar/eww error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/gusbemacbe/suru-plus-aspromauros.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/numixproject/numix-folders.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/numixproject/numix-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/nana-4/materia-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox-gtk-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/will8211/unimatrix.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://gitlab.com/jallbrit/bonsai.sh.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/archdroid-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: git://github.com/schischi/xcwd :: Resolving dependencies... :: Calculating conflicts... :: Calculating inner conflicts... :: packages not in the AUR: electron15 kalarmcal python-magic-ahupp python2-appdirs python2-ordered-set python2-packaging python2-pyparsing python2-six steam-fonts :: marked out of date: dnstop python-gaphor python-swspotify :: orphans: electron14 gkill-bin ruby-hpricot ugene-bin Aur (12) 3dslicer-bin-5.0.3-2 czkawka-gui-bin-5.0.1-1 ignition-transport-8-8.2.0-2 gazebo-11.11.0-2 lazydocker-0.18.1-1 nvim-packer-git-r522.90b323b-1 paru-1.11.1-1 python-mpv-1.0.1-1 tuner-1.5.1-2 ventoy-bin-1.0.79-3 zoom-5.11.9-1 zotero-6.0.13-1
  • Is this app launcher available on KDE? What about the 3D overview?
    1 project | /r/kde | 26 May 2022
    Maybe give this a shot? https://github.com/phillbush/pmenu
  • πmenu: a pie menu for UNIX X11
    2 projects | /r/C_Programming | 25 Sep 2021
  • πmenu v2.4.0 released
    1 project | /r/linux | 25 Sep 2021
    https://github.com/phillbush/pmenu Additions of this new version: * Added submenu generation at runtime (when output spec begins with $). * Added -P option to prepend relative image paths with a prefix (#9). * Added tooltips that appear after hovering a item for one second.
  • Shod My X11 Desktop
    1 project | /r/unixart | 1 Mar 2021
    It's πmenu.
  • [shod] My X11 desktop
    1 project | /r/UsabilityPorn | 15 Feb 2021
    First, in the video, I use πmenu to change the song. A xnotify notification pops up showing the current song.
    4 projects | /r/unixporn | 6 Feb 2021
    The second is πmenu, a pie menu.

suru-plus

Posts with mentions or reviews of suru-plus. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-24.
  • Abysmal network performance on XPS 15
    24 projects | /r/archlinux | 24 Aug 2022
     ~ λ paru [sudo] password for ken: :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date multilib is up to date error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Could not resolve host: mirrors.rit.edu warning: too many errors from mirrors.rit.edu, skipping for the remainder of this transaction error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Could not resolve host: mirrors.rit.edu error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Could not resolve host: mirrors.rit.edu error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.rit.edu : Failed to connect to mirrors.rit.edu port 443 after 8720 ms: Connection timed out :: Starting full system upgrade... there is nothing to do :: Looking for AUR upgrades :: Looking for devel upgrades error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/tryone144/picom.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomoxify.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/phillbush/pmenu.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/themix-plugin-base16.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/GreenRaccoon23/archdroid-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/simmel/urxvt-resize-font.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/gnome-colors-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/khanhas/spicetify-cli.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/gusbemacbe/suru-plus.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/BetterDiscord/BetterDiscord.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/elkowar/eww error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/gusbemacbe/suru-plus-aspromauros.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/numixproject/numix-folders.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/numixproject/numix-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/nana-4/materia-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox-gtk-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/will8211/unimatrix.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://gitlab.com/jallbrit/bonsai.sh.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/archdroid-icon-theme.git error: timed out looking for devel update: https://github.com/themix-project/oomox.git error: timed out looking for devel update: git://github.com/schischi/xcwd :: Resolving dependencies... :: Calculating conflicts... :: Calculating inner conflicts... :: packages not in the AUR: electron15 kalarmcal python-magic-ahupp python2-appdirs python2-ordered-set python2-packaging python2-pyparsing python2-six steam-fonts :: marked out of date: dnstop python-gaphor python-swspotify :: orphans: electron14 gkill-bin ruby-hpricot ugene-bin Aur (12) 3dslicer-bin-5.0.3-2 czkawka-gui-bin-5.0.1-1 ignition-transport-8-8.2.0-2 gazebo-11.11.0-2 lazydocker-0.18.1-1 nvim-packer-git-r522.90b323b-1 paru-1.11.1-1 python-mpv-1.0.1-1 tuner-1.5.1-2 ventoy-bin-1.0.79-3 zoom-5.11.9-1 zotero-6.0.13-1
  • Noticed this helpful new support page in the settings after a new libpop-support-panel package was intalled during updates. Very nice!
    1 project | /r/pop_os | 4 Mar 2022
  • What do you guys think about this implementation of Gnome 40 in Ubuntu?
    2 projects | /r/gnome | 2 Oct 2021
    The icon pack used is Suru ++ you can find it here.
  • After some work, finally I feel at $HOME. I hope you like it.
    1 project | /r/pop_os | 27 Feb 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pmenu and suru-plus you can also consider the following projects:

xprompt - A dmenu rip-off with contextual completion

oomox-gtk-theme - Oomox-gtk-theme is a fork of Numix-gtk-theme with slightly different visual design choices and more customization capabilities. It can be used in Themix/Oomox app.

xfiles - Le liste NoAds filtrano la pubblicità sul web e migliorano la tua navigazione. Scopri di più navigando sul sito web ufficiale.

adwaita-plus - GNOME++, a third-party icons theme, based on new GNOME 3.32's Adwaita

imlib2-jxl - JPEG XL loader for imlib2

tty-solitaire - Play solitaire in your terminal!

archdroid-icon-theme - Port of Google's material design icons for Android Lollipop+ to Linux (and influenced by Ubuntu Mono, Mint-X, and Numix).

fileicon - macOS CLI for managing custom icons for files and folders

devoidwm - A simple X11 window manager

suru-plus-aspromauros - A Suru++-like monochromatic icons theme for users of dark environments

gnome-colors-icon-theme - A complete, multi-colored suite of themes and icons for Linux

pmenu vs xprompt suru-plus vs oomox-gtk-theme pmenu vs xfiles suru-plus vs adwaita-plus pmenu vs imlib2-jxl suru-plus vs tty-solitaire pmenu vs archdroid-icon-theme suru-plus vs fileicon pmenu vs devoidwm suru-plus vs suru-plus-aspromauros pmenu vs gnome-colors-icon-theme suru-plus vs archdroid-icon-theme