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davatorium/rofi

Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/davatorium/rofi · homepage · C · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

79/100

  • Activity 96
  • Release rhythm 45
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 15
  • age_days: 4973
  • days_rel: 366
  • days_push: 24
  • n_releases_24m: 6

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

16350 stars · 694 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Rofi is a popup window switcher, application launcher, and dmenu replacement for Linux. It presents a searchable textual list of options for launching apps, switching windows, running SSH sessions, or selecting items from external scripts, with theming and plugin support.

Use cases

  • launch applications from the keyboard on i3 or another Linux window manager
  • switch between open windows quickly
  • replace dmenu in my window manager setup
  • build a custom menu driven by a shell script
  • create an SSH launcher or power menu
  • add a fuzzy-searchable command palette to my desktop

When to choose

  • you use a tiling or minimal window manager on Linux and want keyboard-driven launching
  • you need a scriptable, themable dmenu replacement
  • you want one tool for window switching, app launching, and custom menus

When to avoid

  • you need a full application menu or dock with icons and categories
  • you are on Windows or macOS
  • you want a GUI toolkit or library to embed in your own application

Facets

application · maturity stable

gui cli developer-tools desktop-applications developer-tools operating-systems cli application-launcher window-switcher dmenu-replacement keyboard-driven scriptable themable command-line linux x11 wayland

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
davatorium/rofimain79

For agents

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