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*   **ADeskBar** — Easy, simple and unobtrusive application launcher for Openbox.

	[http://adeskbar.tuxfamily.org/](http://adeskbar.tuxfamily.org/) || [adeskbar](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/adeskbar/)

*   **Albert** — An application launcher inspired by Alfred.

	[https://github.com/manuelschneid3r/albert](https://github.com/manuelschneid3r/albert) || [albert](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/albert/)

*   **Bashrun2** — Provides a different, barebones approach to a run dialog, using a specialized Bash session within a small xterm window.

	[http://henning-bekel.de/bashrun2/](http://henning-bekel.de/bashrun2/) || [bashrun2](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bashrun2/)

*   **[dmenu](/index.php/Dmenu "Dmenu")** — Fast and lightweight dynamic menu for X which is also useful as an application launcher.

	[http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/](http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/) || [dmenu](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=dmenu)

*   **dmenu-extended** — An extension to *dmenu* for quickly opening files and folders.

	[https://github.com/markjones112358/dmenu-extended](https://github.com/markjones112358/dmenu-extended) || [dmenu-extended](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dmenu-extended/)

*   **dmenu-launch** — Simple *dmenu*-based application launcher. Launches binaries and XDG shortcuts.

	[https://github.com/Wintervenom/Scripts/blob/master/file/launch/dmenu-launch](https://github.com/Wintervenom/Scripts/blob/master/file/launch/dmenu-launch) || [dmenu-launch](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dmenu-launch/)

*   **dmenu2** — Fork of dmenu with many useful patches applied and additional options like screen select, dim or opacity change.

	[https://bitbucket.org/melek/dmenu2](https://bitbucket.org/melek/dmenu2) || [dmenu2](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dmenu2/)

*   **dswitcher** — *dmenu*-based window switcher that works regardless of workspace or minimization.

	[https://github.com/Antithesisx/dswitcher](https://github.com/Antithesisx/dswitcher) || [dswitcher-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dswitcher-git/)

*   **Fehlstart** — Small GTK+-based application launcher.

	[https://gitlab.com/fehlstart/fehlstart](https://gitlab.com/fehlstart/fehlstart) || [fehlstart-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fehlstart-git/)

*   **[Gmrun](/index.php/Gmrun "Gmrun")** — Lightweight GTK+-based application launcher, with the ability to run programs inside a terminal and other handy features.

	[http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmrun/](http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmrun/) || [gmrun](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=gmrun)

*   **[GNOME Do](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Do with many plugins, originally developed for the GNOME desktop.

	[http://do.cooperteam.net/](http://do.cooperteam.net/) || [gnome-do](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=gnome-do)

*   **j4-dmenu-desktop** — Very fast dmenu application launcher.

	[https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop](https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop) || [j4-dmenu-desktop](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/j4-dmenu-desktop/)

*   **higgins** — A desktop agnostic application launcher, file finder, calculator and more. Plugin based and freely and easily extendable via user-written plugins

	[https://github.com/kokoko3k/higgins](https://github.com/kokoko3k/higgins) || [higgins-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/higgins-git/)

*   **Kupfer** — Convenient command and access tool for the GNOME desktop that can launch applications, open documents and access different types of objects and act on them.

	[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Kupfer](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Kupfer) || [kupfer](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kupfer/)

*   **[Launchy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchy "wikipedia:Launchy")** — Very popular cross-platform application launcher with a plugin-based system used to provide extra functionality.

	[http://www.launchy.net/](http://www.launchy.net/) || [launchy](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=launchy)

*   **Lighthouse** — A simple scriptable popup dialog to run on X.

	[https://github.com/emgram769/lighthouse](https://github.com/emgram769/lighthouse) || [lighthouse-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lighthouse-git/)

*   **[rofi](/index.php/Rofi "Rofi")** — A popup window switcher roughly based on superswitcher, requiring only xlib and pango.

	[http://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/](http://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/) || [rofi](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=rofi)

*   **slingshot** — An application launcher has a clear look, part of [pantheon](/index.php/Pantheon "Pantheon") desktop environment.

	[https://launchpad.net/slingshot](https://launchpad.net/slingshot) || [slingshot-launcher](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/slingshot-launcher/)

*   **Runa** — Fast and light dmenu-driven application launcher, suitable for use standalone, integrated into file manager context menus, or as an 'xdg-open' replacement. Favourite applications can also be configured.

	[http://appstogo.mcfadzean.org.uk/linux.html#runa](http://appstogo.mcfadzean.org.uk/linux.html#runa) || [runa](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/runa/)

*   **Synapse** — Synapse is a semantic launcher written in Vala that you can use to start applications as well as find and access relevant documents and files by making use of the Zeitgeist engine.

	[https://launchpad.net/synapse-project](https://launchpad.net/synapse-project) || [synapse](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=synapse)

*   **Whippet** — A launcher and xdg-open replacement for control freaks. Opens files and URLs with applications associated by name and/or mimetype. Applications and associations may be customized using an SQLite database. Uses dmenu to manage its menus.

	[http://appstogo.mcfadzean.org.uk/linux.html#whippet](http://appstogo.mcfadzean.org.uk/linux.html#whippet) || [whippet](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/whippet/)

*   **xboomx** — Light *dmenu* wrapper that reorders commands based on popularity, written in Python.

	[https://bitbucket.org/dehun/xboomx](https://bitbucket.org/dehun/xboomx) || [xboomx](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xboomx/)

*   **xfce4-appfinder** — An eazy-to-use application launcher from Xfce.

	[http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-appfinder/start](http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-appfinder/start) || [xfce4-appfinder](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=xfce4-appfinder)

*   **Yeganesh** — Light *dmenu* wrapper that reorders commands based on popularity, written in Haskell.

	[http://dmwit.com/yeganesh](http://dmwit.com/yeganesh) || [yeganesh](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yeganesh/)