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?

  • narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I just use whatever is included with the desktop environment. On KDE and GNOME launching an application involves pressing the Super ("Windows") key, typing the first couple of letters of the application I want to launch and pressing the return key.

    I might be missing something here but I don't know how other launchers could possibly make this a simpler process.

  • cakeistheanswer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    I like fuzzel, had a few issues with dpi scaling on wofi out of the box.

    Easy to integrate clipboard/window select/dmenu binds and a way to distinguish indexed entries from straight text was a plus.

    Honestly unless you're going out of the box to something new (Walker and anyrun caught my eye) dmenu has had everything I needed for years... But I don't want to set it up again. Not again.

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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    2 months ago

    dmenu is iconic for a reason, although manually patching it to meet your preferences is a bit too much of a project for people who just want something to work. not wanting to learn C is valid.

  • www-gem@lemmy.ml
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    2 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
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    2 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).

  • GlenRambo@jlai.lu
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    2 months ago

    Playing along for Mint/Cinnamon suggestions. Already using the Cinimenu (or whatever it is) but its still not "it".

    • SmokeInFog@midwest.social
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      2 months ago

      I like ulauncher. That's what I use on my main machine that runs Mint. It's not Mint or Cinnamon specific but it doesn't need to be

      • GlenRambo@jlai.lu
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        2 months ago

        Maybe I misunderstood. Are launchers more like "search" or quick lunch?

        I was looking for a start menu replacement.

  • communism@lemmy.ml
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    2 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

    • 8Bitz0@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      The Mac app? That would be great. Only problem is that the plugin ecosystem is centered around macOS, and they use native UI. However, they do have a waitlist for Windows (and iOS).

      Something like that is gonna be hard to pull off.