rlaunch is a fast, light-weight and modern application launcher for X11 written in Rust that I made because dmenu was too slow for me. I'm glad to say that indeed rlaunch works a lot faster than dmenu (at least for me, I haven't tested it on other computers).
This should work on all linux distributions and DEs that use X11, but if it doesn't - feel free to file an issue.
rlaunch 1.3.13
A simple and light-weight tool for launching applications and running commands on X11.
USAGE:
rlaunch [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
FLAGS:
-b, --bottom Show the bar on the bottom of the screen
--help Prints help information
-p, --path Scan the PATH variable
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
--color0 <color0> The color of the bar background [default: #2e2c2c]
--color1 <color1> The color of the selected suggestion background [default: #1286a1]
--color2 <color2> The color of the text [default: #ffffff]
--color3 <color3> The color of the suggestions text [default: #ffffff]
--color4 <color4> The color of the file scanning progress bar [default: #242222]
-f, --font <font> The font used on the bar [default: DejaVu Sans Mono]
-h, --height <height> The height of the bar (in pixels) [default: 22]
-t, --terminal <terminal> The terminal to use when launching applications that require a terminal [default: i3-
sensible-terminal]
This application is available on the AUR
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/rlaunch.git
$ cd rlaunch
$ makepkg -si
You will need cargo for this.
$ git clone https://github.com/PonasKovas/rlaunch.git
$ cd rlaunch
$ cargo build --release
After running these commands, the compiled binary will be ./target/release/rlaunch
Feel free to make pull requests and issues, I will try to respond asap.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details