Rofi Alternatives

Rofi is described as 'Started as clone of simpleswitcher, written by Sean Pringle a popup window switcher roughly based on superswitcher. Simpleswitcher laid the foundations and therefor Sean Pringle deserves most of the credit for this tool' and is a application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Rofi for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and File Explorer apps. The best Rofi alternative is Flow Launcher, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Rofi are Alfred, Listary, Keypirinha and Ulauncher.

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  1. TinyStart icon

    TinyStart

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    A tiny launcher for macOS, fast and focused on the essentials.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
    TinyStart screenshot 1
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  2. Hookmark icon

    Hookmark

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    Instantly link and access files, emails, web pages, notes and tasks using contextual bookmarks, with robust, shareable links, bidirectional notes, deep linking within PDFs, Markdown support, URL clean-up, and all bookmarks stored privately on your Mac.

    65 Hookmark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • CA flagCanada
    Hookmark screenshot 1
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  4. N

    nwg-menu

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    This code provides the MenuStart plugin to nwg-panel. It also may be used standalone, however, with a little help from command line arguments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU
    nwg-menu screenshot 1
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  5. Fenn icon

    Fenn

     1 like

    Fenn is a powerful, AI-driven desktop search engine for macOS that makes your files instantly searchable—including videos, audio, PDFs, Word documents, Excel sheets, and images. Just type or upload an image to find exactly where any object, person, or concept appears.

    67 Fenn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Fenn multimodal search
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  6. B

    bemenu

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    Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Verve icon

    Verve

     2 likes

    Verve is a lightweight and blazingly fast launcher for accessing and opening applications, files and documents. It serves as a replacement for popular tools such as Spotlight, Raycast, and Alfred, and is written in the Rust programming language using the Tauri Framework.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    Verve screenshot 1
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  11. Quick App Launcher icon

    Quick App Launcher

     1 like

    Minimal app launcher offering custom tags, AI auto-categorization across 30+ categories, scrollable and resizable grid layout, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, Safari web app support, menu bar toggle, and flexible visibility controls for efficient organization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • TR flagTürkiye
    Quick App Launcher screenshot 1
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  12. Rofi for Wayland icon

    Rofi for Wayland

     1 like

    This is a fork of Rofi with added support for Wayland via the layer shell protocol.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Rofi for Wayland screenshot 1
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  13. X

    Xstarter

     Like

    Terminal-based application launcher for Unix-like systems.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Xstarter screenshot 1
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  14. nwg-drawer icon

    nwg-drawer

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    Application launcher, developed with sway and Hyprland in mind, but should also work with other wlroots-based Wayland compositors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU
    nwg-drawer screenshot 1
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