# Cloudef/bemenu

Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu

Repository: https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bemenu
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-08-29T08:06:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 40/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 39, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4551, "days_push": 369, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1485, forks 96 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:51.404433+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, cli, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, operating-systems
- platform: cli, c
- tags: dmenu, wayland, x11, dynamic-menu, launcher, curses, command-line, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- Cloudef/bemenu (main) score 40

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.404433+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:33:54.000079+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.404433+00:00, sha 24d66107f413)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.