Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to dmenu

Product categories

App Launcher Automation Bookmarks Business Workflows Clipboard Manager Development File Manager LMS Mac Note Taking Productivity Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to dmenu are Keypirinha, Quicksilver, and Ulauncher. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Keypirinha Landing Page
1

Keypirinha

A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable).
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Mac #Windows Tools 32 social mentions
Quicksilver Landing Page
2

Quicksilver

Quicksilver is a fast and free Mac OS X productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly. Quicksilver learns your habits, making your everyday chores simple and efficient.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Windows Tools #Mac 13 social mentions
Ulauncher Landing Page
3

Ulauncher

Fast application launcher for Linux. Custom shortcuts for web URLs and scripts.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Windows Tools #Mac 29 social mentions
Albert Landing Page
4

Albert

Omnilauncher for Linux to help you quickly find and run apps and do other useful things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Automation #Robotics Process Automation #Mac 16 social mentions
CerebroApp Landing Page
5

CerebroApp

Productivity booster with a brain
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Windows Tools #Mac 4 social mentions
Raycast Landing Page
6

Raycast

Fastest way to control Jira, GitHub and other web apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 36 social mentions
fzf Landing Page
7

fzf

A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 215 social mentions
kupfer Landing Page
8

kupfer

Kupfer is a command tool heavily inspired by https://alternativeto.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 2 social mentions
Maccy Landing Page
9

Maccy

Lightweight open-source clipboard manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Clipboard Manager #Mac #Productivity 49 social mentions
Productivity Power Tools Landing Page
10

Productivity Power Tools

Extension for Visual Studio - A set of extensions to Visual Studio 2012 Professional (and above) which improves developer productivity.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Regular Expressions #Programming Tools #Development 359 social mentions
PortableApps.com Landing Page
11

PortableApps.com

PortableApps.com is a website offering many free, commonly used Windows applications that have been...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #LMS #Bookmarks 149 social mentions
Scoop Landing Page
12

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions