philj56/tofi

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1396 stars · 68 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Tofi is an extremely fast, minimal dynamic menu and application launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors like Sway, serving as a dmenu/rofi replacement. Written in C, it can render on screen within a single frame when configured correctly.

Use cases

• launch applications on sway with a keybinding
• replace dmenu or rofi on wayland
• pipe a list of options to a menu and get the selection back
• show a searchable list of executables in PATH
• launch apps from desktop files with a drun-style menu
• get an instant application launcher with minimal latency

When to choose

• you use a wlroots-based Wayland compositor like Sway and want a fast, lightweight launcher
• you find rofi or dmenu too heavy or slow for your workflow
• you want a minimal menu that reads stdin and prints the selection to stdout
• you care about launch latency measured in frames

When to avoid

• you are on X11 rather than Wayland
• you need rofi's rich features like window switching, scripts modes, or extensive plugin support
• you want a GUI-heavy, highly animated launcher
• you use a non-wlroots Wayland compositor that lacks layer-shell support

Facets

application · maturity active

gui search-engine cli desktop-applications developer-tools dmenu-replacement rofi-alternative wayland wlroots sway application-launcher dynamic-menu c command-line linux

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