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Shortcut vs MenuLibre: catalog facts
Shortcut	MenuLibre

Best for: GNOME users adding AppImages or scripts to the app menu	Best for: Editing application menus and launchers on a Linux desktop
Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Linux	Linux
Creates .desktop files without editing text by hand Native GTK4 and Libadawaita interface for GNOME Useful for AppImages and custom scripts	Supports all FreeDesktop.org desktop entry fields Clean interface for editing launchers Includes a menu validation tool
Does one narrow task Small project with few contributors	Linux desktops only Useful mainly for menu and launcher editing
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 MenuLibre github.com/bluesabre/menulibre Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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