stw VS rofi

Compare stw vs rofi and see what are their differences.

stw

simple text widget for X (by sineemore)
X11 system-monitoring
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rofi

Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement [Moved to: https://github.com/davatorium/rofi] (by DaveDavenport)
Rofi Dmenu dmenu-replacement application-launcher window-switcher C I3 X11

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stw

Posts with mentions or reviews of stw. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-30.

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 2021-11-09.
  • does anyone know how can i install Rofi v1.7.0 on Fedora?
    2 projects | /r/qtools | 9 Nov 2021
    sudo dnf info rofi Last metadata expiration check: 1:22:21 ago on Tue 09 Nov 2021 07:01:29 PM AEDT. Installed Packages Name : rofi Version : 1.6.1 Release : 2.fc34 Architecture : x86_64 Size : 502 k Source : rofi-1.6.1-2.fc34.src.rpm Repository : u/System From repo : fedora Summary : A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement URL : https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi License : MIT Description : Rofi is a dmenu replacement. Rofi, like dmenu, will provide the user with a : textual list of options where one or more can be selected. This can either be, : running an application, selecting a window or options provided by an external : script.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing stw and rofi you can also consider the following projects:

herbe - Daemon-less notifications without D-Bus. Minimal and lightweight.

jgmenu - An X11 menu

dmenu-rs - A pixel perfect port of dmenu, rewritten in Rust with extensive plugin support

stalonetray - STAnd aLONE TRAY (notification area) implementation for X11

xprompt - A dmenu rip-off with contextual completion

dafmenu - D And Fzf menu. A custom build of dmenu with fzf-like functionality, plus a collection of scripts utilizing its features.

gxkb - 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇱🇹 X11 keyboard indicator and switcher

i3 - A fork of the i3 window manager with gaps and some other features. :warning: i3-gaps has been merged into i3.

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

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

xfce4-window-title-plugin - xfce4-panel plugin to show the focused window title

xciao - Turn one key press in to another for a specific X window

stw vs herbe rofi vs jgmenu rofi vs dmenu-rs rofi vs stalonetray rofi vs xprompt rofi vs dafmenu rofi vs gxkb rofi vs i3 rofi vs rbmenu rofi vs rofi rofi vs xfce4-window-title-plugin rofi vs xciao