sklauncher

Rust-written terminal based application launcher for Linux, inspired by sway-launcher-desktop, based on skim fuzzy finder.

Features

• List and execute .desktop files
• List and execute binary files
• Fuzzy search with built-in skim fuzzy finder
• History-based ordering
• Direct raw-command execution support
• Support skim's options and customizable (currently not all options are available)
• Optional prefix command to wrap execution (e.g., --command-prefix 'app2unit --')

Installation

Stable Version

cargo install sklauncher

Develop Version

git clone https://github.com/miyakogi/sklauncher.git
cd sklauncher
cargo install --locked --path .

Example Usage

On Sway WM + foot terminal

Simple (Default)

# ~/.config/sway/config

bindsym $mod+d exec foot --app-id sklauncher sklauncher
for_window [app_id="^sklauncher$"] floating enable, sticky enable

Customized

# ~/.config/sway/config

bindsym $mod+d exec foot --app-id sklauncher sklauncher --match-generic-name --tiebreak "index" --no-sort --accent-color "cyan" --color "16,bg+:-1,fg+:4,prompt:4,pointer:4" --reverse --margin "1,2" --prompt " " --preview-window "up:3"
for_window [app_id="^sklauncher$"] floating enable, sticky enable

Prefix command example

Wrap the selected command with another launcher or shim. For example, to insert app2unit -- before the chosen command:

sklauncher --command-prefix 'app2unit --'

See sklauncher --help for more information about available options.

Keybinding

See: Skim's document

Search Syntax

See: Skim's document