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wmenu vs yofi: catalog facts
wmenu	yofi
Best for: Wayland users who want a dmenu-style menu for scripts and keybindings	Best for: Wayland tiling compositor users who want a small dmenu-style launcher
Free Free; source code is published on Codeberg.	Free Free to use.
Linux, Command line	Linux
Familiar dmenu behavior on Wayland Small C program with few moving parts All 4 strengths for wmenu Familiar dmenu behavior on Wayland Small C program with few moving parts Password mode for masked input Scriptable through standard input and output	Native to Wayland compositors Minimal, keyboard-driven dmenu-style interface
Wayland only No built-in app discovery; needs a script or wrapper to launch apps All 3 limitations for wmenu Wayland only No built-in app discovery; needs a script or wrapper to launch apps Built from source with Meson unless packaged by your distribution	Wayland only Deliberately minimal feature set
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Not open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for wmenu codeberg.org/adnano/wmenu Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for yofi github.com/l4l/yofi Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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