CLUSTER FUZZY-LAUNCHER-APPLICATIONS · 9 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2024-04-14
Terminal fuzzy finder launchers
This cluster consists of terminal-based fuzzy finder tools for launching applications or managing processes/daemons, several using fzf-like matching. Dated entries span from August 2021 to May 2026, with a sparse early entry in 2021 and another in 2024, followed by a denser run of monthly entries from August 2025 onward. Traction leaders among the seven members are dstl, bombini, and haskell-hmenu, which top the activity signal despite having zero stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 8 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 9 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01frun2★1 mo—hobbyTerminal file launcher that fuzzy-searches files and folders, previews contents, and opens them in default applications.
- 02dstl0★3 moliveopen sourceFast terminal-based application launcher with fuzzy search, allowing keyboard-driven launch of installed programs for efficient workflow.
- 03bombini0★3 moliveopen sourceSystem daemon that runs in the background and launches any application based on fuzzy-matching a user's quick search query, streamlining program access.
- 04haskell-hmenu0★3 moliveopen sourceCommand-line fuzzy finder and launcher for applications.
- 05rip-go-bin0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceTerminal utility that finds and terminates processes by fuzzy match with real-time process list updates.
- 06fzfmenu0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceAn application launcher that uses fzf to provide fuzzy finder-based program launching.
- 07fnf0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal-based fuzzy finder that helps users quickly locate and select files, commands, or other items.
- 08fsel0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceTerminal app launcher with fuzzy finding for quickly opening applications on GNU/Linux and BSD systems.
- 09sysz0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA fuzzy finder interface for systemctl commands.
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