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Main Menu vs AppEditor: catalog facts
Main Menu	AppEditor

Best for: Linux desktop users who want to tidy or customize their app menu	Best for: Tidying the application menu on a Linux desktop
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 or later.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.
Linux	Linux
Edits menu entries without touching desktop files by hand Modern GTK and libadwaita interface Available on Flathub Actively maintained	Hide or show apps in the menu Create new launcher entries Change names and icons through a graphical interface
Linux only Small project with few contributors	Linux only Development appears infrequent
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Main Menu codeberg.org/libre-menu-editor/libre-menu-editor Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for AppEditor github.com/donadigo/appeditor Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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