sway-launcher-desktop
TUI Application launcher with Desktop Entry support. Made for SwayWM, but runs anywhere (by Biont)
Ulauncher
Feature rich application Launcher for Linux (by Ulauncher)
| sway-launcher-desktop | Ulauncher | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 64 | |
| 589 | 3,453 | |
| - | 1.0% | |
| 2.8 | 9.7 | |
| 7 days ago | 8 days ago | |
| Shell | Python | |
| 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.
sway-launcher-desktop
Posts with mentions or reviews of sway-launcher-desktop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
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Sway-Talisman: Terminal Application Launcher in Scratchpad, Minimalist And Native
Is it better than https://github.com/Biont/sway-launcher-desktop ?
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command line menu / launcher?
I use sway-launcher-desktop. It does not really have submenus as you requested, but is still a nice terminal application launcher.
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Albert – open-source keyboard launcher for Linux
I don’t know if anything can beat sway-launcher-desktop (1) for me - bash and fzf are a lightning-fast combo.
1: https://github.com/Biont/sway-launcher-desktop
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Application launcher that displays application names correctly
Here's a list of other launchers for Sway, I personally use sway-launcher-desktop.
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Your favorite launcher ?
Now I use perfect TUI based sway-launcher-desktop
- Is there a place to read about recommended SwayWM builds?
- Goodbye Wofi, Hello FZF
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Duplicate .desktop entries for Visual Studio Code, which ones are the right ones?
Hi! I just started using sway-launcher-desktop, and I noticed that I have several duplicate entries for vscode.
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terminal + fzf as a program launcher?
Sounds like this script https://github.com/Biont/sway-launcher-desktop (it doesn't depend on sway anymore). I've been using it for ages and really like it.
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Overview Of The Unofficial Manjaro Sway Edition
It's sway-launcher-desktop.
Ulauncher
Posts with mentions or reviews of Ulauncher.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-06.
- Using Ubuntu with Ulauncher
- How do I make alt+space behave like it would on a Mac?
- ULauncher - Larger window area?
- desktop files linked to applications can't be run from Nautilus in GNOME 44 (Fedora 38)
- Hotkeys with Super key don't work as expected in Elementary Juno · Issue #405 · Ulauncher/Ulauncher
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How do you guys make good use of the app grid? I feel like I use it way less than I originally thought.
NOTE: If you're using a Wayland session, the Ctrl + Space shortcut (which brings up the launcher) will be unreliable due to other windows eating the keyboard events instead (see the official Ulauncher wiki). The workaround solution is very simple and also works on X11, so we'll replace Ulauncher's default binding with the workaround technique everywhere, so that it works universally on both X11 and Wayland.
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Just Perfection GNOME Shell Extension Version 23 (Codename Goya)
Ulauncher. You can also watch this video to see what it can do.
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My new LM Desktop
Install ULauncher https://ulauncher.io
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Linux implementation
A good alternative though is Ulauncher
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Gnome usage question
https://ulauncher.io or https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing sway-launcher-desktop and Ulauncher you can also consider the following projects:
yofi - yofi is a minimalistic menu for wayland
albert - A fast and flexible keyboard launcher
awesome-wayland - A curated list of Wayland code and resources.
rofi - A huge collection of Rofi based custom Applets, Launchers & Powermenus.
rofi - Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
betterlockscreen - 🍀 sweet looking lockscreen for linux system
blur-my-shell - Extension that adds a blur look to different parts of the GNOME Shell, including the top panel, dash and overview
xdg-xmenu - Minimal app menu with xmenu
i3 - A fork of the i3 window manager with gaps and some other features. :warning: i3-gaps has been merged into i3.
nnn - n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
picom - A lightweight compositor for X11 (previously a compton fork)
sway-launcher-desktop vs yofi
Ulauncher vs albert
sway-launcher-desktop vs awesome-wayland
Ulauncher vs rofi
sway-launcher-desktop vs rofi
Ulauncher vs rofi
sway-launcher-desktop vs betterlockscreen
Ulauncher vs blur-my-shell
sway-launcher-desktop vs xdg-xmenu
Ulauncher vs i3
sway-launcher-desktop vs nnn
Ulauncher vs picom