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Hyprlauncher vs nwg-drawer: catalog facts
Hyprlauncher	nwg-drawer
Best for: Hyprland users wanting a native launcher and picker	Best for: sway or Hyprland users who want a GNOME-style app grid
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
Multiple providers: apps, emoji, Unicode, math and fonts Daemon mode for instant opening All 3 strengths for Hyprlauncher Multiple providers: apps, emoji, Unicode, math and fonts Daemon mode for instant opening Frequency caching ranks commonly used entries	Graphical app grid with search for tiling Wayland setups Styled with a plain CSS file All 3 strengths for nwg-drawer Graphical app grid with search for tiling Wayland setups Styled with a plain CSS file Part of the wider nwg-shell toolset
Built for Hyprland on Linux Younger project than established launchers like rofi	Limited to wlroots-based Wayland compositors Launches applications only, no calculator or command actions
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Hyprlauncher github.com/hyprwm/hyprlauncher Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for nwg-drawer github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-drawer Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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