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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install dmenu
About dmenu
dmenu is a dynamic menu for the X Window System, originally written for the dwm window manager. It shows a list of items, filters them as you type, and prints the one you choose. It handles large numbers of user-defined items efficiently.
It is most often used as a program launcher, but because it reads its items from a script it can drive almost any selection task. Like other suckless tools, you customize it by editing the source and recompiling. Version 5.4 was released on 2025-08-09.
Strengths
- Very small and fast
- Scriptable for any list-selection task
- Pairs naturally with dwm and other tiling window managers
Limitations
- X only, no native Wayland support
- Customizing it means editing source and recompiling
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download from suckless.org.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- suckless.org
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Minimal X setups and tiling window manager users who script their own menus
- Categories
- App launchers, CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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rofi
A keyboard-driven window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement for Linux desktops.
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bemenu
A dmenu-style dynamic menu and launcher that runs on Wayland, X11 and in a terminal.
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fuzzel
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Anyrun
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