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Shortcut vs Main Menu: catalog facts
Shortcut	Main Menu
Best for: GNOME users adding AppImages or scripts to the app menu	Best for: Linux desktop users who want to tidy or customize their app menu
Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 or later.
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	Edits menu entries without touching desktop files by hand Modern GTK and libadwaita interface All 4 strengths for Main Menu Edits menu entries without touching desktop files by hand Modern GTK and libadwaita interface Available on Flathub Actively maintained
Does one narrow task Small project with few contributors	Linux only Small project with few contributors
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 Main Menu codeberg.org/libre-menu-editor/libre-menu-editor Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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