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wofi vs nwg-drawer: catalog facts
wofi	nwg-drawer
Best for: Sway users who want a familiar, GTK-styled launcher menu	Best for: sway or Hyprland users who want a GNOME-style app grid
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
Launcher and dmenu replacement in one Styleable with GTK theming All 3 strengths for wofi Launcher and dmenu replacement in one Styleable with GTK theming Widely used with Sway	Graphical app grid with search for tiling Wayland setups Styled with a plain CSS file All 3 strengths for nwg-drawer Graphical app grid with search for tiling Wayland setups Styled with a plain CSS file Part of the wider nwg-shell toolset
Not actively maintained, with only occasional updates Only for wlroots-based compositors	Limited to wlroots-based Wayland compositors Launches applications only, no calculator or command actions
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for wofi hg.sr.ht/~scoopta/wofi Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for nwg-drawer github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-drawer Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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