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Shortcut vs AppEditor: catalog facts
Shortcut	AppEditor
Best for: GNOME users adding AppImages or scripts to the app menu	Best for: Tidying the application menu on a Linux desktop
Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.
Linux	Linux
Creates .desktop files without editing text by hand Native GTK4 and Libadawaita interface for GNOME All 3 strengths for Shortcut Creates .desktop files without editing text by hand Native GTK4 and Libadawaita interface for GNOME Useful for AppImages and custom scripts	Hide or show apps in the menu Create new launcher entries All 3 strengths for AppEditor Hide or show apps in the menu Create new launcher entries Change names and icons through a graphical interface
Does one narrow task 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 Shortcut github.com/andreibachim/shortcut 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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