Looking for a good app launcher for Linux. Currently looking for something for Arch and I see there’s a lot of options liks rofi and wofi. What are your favourite app launchers and why?

    • kelvie@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      I also use krunner but unless I’ve misconfigured it, I wouldn’t call it fast (and it freezes a lot since it runs in the background).

      Compared to when I used rofi on hyprland (which was really fast). I’m back on KDE cause of the hyprland toxicity debacle, and honesty the only thing that isn’t fast, customizable, and reliable is the app runner.

      Krunner also has a weird quirk where as it loads entries, it will change the currently selected option so when you hit Enter, it will actually not execute the one you want, but instead run “Install <random package from fuzzy search>”

      Talking out loud I should probably bind alt+space to back to rofi or try Fuzzel or something

  • bledley@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Very comfortable with Rofi. It’s especially nice in a window manager as it also works as a switcher or shortcut to your open programs.

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    I use dmenu_run because it’s ridiculously minimal, has zero dependencies, is very fast, and fits with the i3 aesthetic well.

  • sabin@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 months ago

    I ended up coding my own.

    Lots of stuff I’d want in an applications launcher on hyperland. I’d need it to have all the functions of the important system indicators and essentially take the role of the top panel in gnome.

  • hushable@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 months ago

    I’ve been using ULauncher for a while and I’m quite happy with it, it has plugin support too.

  • www-gem@lemmy.ml
    2·
    10 months ago

    I use rofi as my app launcher and more. I’ve share my old script here.

    I have now extended this script to support the following:

    • execute a command if the input text belongs to /bin or /usr/local/bin
    • do some basic maths (using menu-calc)
    • open url in my web browser if the input text starts starts with http(s) or ends with .xxx (where x is any letter)
    • translate the input text in English/French using the deepl website if the input text starts with dpen/dpfr
    • search the input text with searx (if all the above failed)
    • manage my web bookmarks (using buku)
    • manage my clipboard (using copyq)
    • manage my passwords and autofill fields (using pass)
    • manage bluetooth devices
    • manage audio sinks and sources
    • manage my wifi and vpn
    • manage my tmux sessions
  • pedroapero@lemmy.ml
    2·
    10 months ago

    I’m fine with Rofi. I’ve used xfce4-appfinder also, it’s less minimal, not configurable (good graphical defaults, might be what you want).

  • communism@lemmy.ml
    1·
    10 months ago

    I like rofi because of how many different modes people have made for it, e.g. rofi-calc, and the customisability is great too. Unfortunately it can be slow to start, but if speed is of utmost importance to you and you’re on Wayland, you might want to look into tofi

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
    15·
    10 months ago

    So you’re using Hyprland WM… I’m assuming to have a minimalistic Window Manager… But you want an app launcher.

    No offense, but FFS just use a DE at that point. You’re just creating a DE with extra steps. KDE is nice and fairly lightweight.