Cloudef/bemenu
Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
40/100
- Activity 39
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4551
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 369
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1485 stars · 96 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
bemenu is a dynamic menu library and client program (bemenu, bemenu-run) inspired by dmenu, written in C. It supports multiple renderers including Wayland, X11, and ncurses backends.
Use cases
- launch applications from a dynamic menu on wayland
- dmenu alternative for wayland
- build custom interactive menus in C
- prompt user to pick from a list of options in a script
- pipe a list of items and let the user select one
When to choose
- you need a dmenu-like launcher on Wayland or X11
- you want a menu library with pluggable renderers
- you script on Linux and need interactive selection
When to avoid
- you need a full GUI application toolkit
- you are on Windows
- you want a graphical settings menu with rich widgets
Facets
library · maturity active
ui-components cli gui developer-tools desktop-applications operating-systems cli c dmenu wayland x11 dynamic-menu launcher curses command-line linux macos desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu · fetched 2026-08-28 · 24d66107f413
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudef/bemenu | main | 40 |
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