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dmenu vs fuzzel: catalog facts
dmenu	fuzzel
Best for: Minimal X setups and tiling window manager users who script their own menus	Best for: Sway and other Wayland compositor users replacing rofi or dmenu
Free Free to download from suckless.org.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
Very small and fast Scriptable for any list-selection task All 3 strengths for dmenu Very small and fast Scriptable for any list-selection task Pairs naturally with dwm and other tiling window managers	Native Wayland launcher Works as a dmenu-style picker for scripts All 3 strengths for fuzzel Native Wayland launcher Works as a dmenu-style picker for scripts Small C program with regular releases
X only, no native Wayland support Customizing it means editing source and recompiling	Wayland only, no X11 support Configured through text files rather than a settings window
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for dmenu tools.suckless.org/dmenu Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for fuzzel codeberg.org/dnkl/fuzzel Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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