the-allanc / ulauncher

Linux Application Launcher

Application Launcher for Linux 🐧

Ulauncher is a fast application launcher for Linux. It's is written in Python, using GTK+, and features: App Search (fuzzy matching), Calculator, Extensions, Shortcuts, File browser mode and Custom Color Themes

App Search	File Browser	Color Themes

For more info or download links see ulauncher.io

Run Ulauncher on startup

If your distribution uses Systemd and the packages includes ulauncher.service, then you can run ulauncher on startup by running:

systemctl --user enable --now ulauncher

If not, then you can open Ulauncher and enable "Launch at Login" in the preferences.

Known Issues and workarounds

• If your DE doesn't use compositing, run ulauncher with --no-window-shadow to remove a black box around a window
• inotify watch limit reached
• Can't map the keys to ALT+SPACE
• Hotkey doesn't work in Wayland when is triggered from certain apps
• Border appears around ulauncher window in Sway DE
• Pass custom environment variable to Ulauncher

Code Contributions

Please see our Code Contributions documentation.

Project	Contributor-friendly Issues
Ulauncher App
Frontend for extensions website Uses ReactJS
API for extensions website Uses Python and bottle library

License

See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations (GNU GPL v3.0).