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fuzzel vs sway-launcher-desktop: catalog facts
fuzzel	sway-launcher-desktop
Best for: Sway and other Wayland compositor users replacing rofi or dmenu	Best for: Sway and other tiling window manager users who want a light launcher
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux, Command line
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	Supports .desktop files and their actions Only needs bash, gawk and fzf All 3 strengths for sway-launcher-desktop Supports .desktop files and their actions Only needs bash, gawk and fzf Works with almost any window manager
Wayland only, no X11 support Configured through text files rather than a settings window	Runs inside a terminal, so it needs a terminal window set up to show it Linux-focused, with no graphical interface of its own
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
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 fuzzel codeberg.org/dnkl/fuzzel Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for sway-launcher-desktop github.com/Biont/sway-launcher-desktop Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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