# philj56/tofi

Tiny dynamic menu for Wayland

Repository: https://github.com/philj56/tofi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tofi
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dmenu-replacement, linux, wayland, application-launcher, sway, swaywm, c, dmenu, wlroots
Last push: 2024-12-30T15:19:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1761, "days_push": 611, "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 1396, forks 68 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.570345+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, search-engine, cli
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: dmenu-replacement, rofi-alternative, wayland, wlroots, sway, application-launcher, dynamic-menu, c, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- philj56/tofi (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.570345+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 2026-08-30T04:39:20.519182+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/philj56/tofi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.570345+00:00, sha 517ced180a03)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.