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CLUSTER GRAPHICAL-INSTALLED-LAUNCHER · 18 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2020-11-06

Graphical desktop app launchers

This cluster comprises desktop application launchers that provide graphical interfaces for starting installed programs, often tailored to specific environments such as Sway/i3, Lingmo, or FlightGear. The dated history shows sporadic entries from 2008 to 2026-07, with most appearing after 2020, though the overall shape is a long tail of occasional releases. Traction leaders are stargate-command with 58 stars, followed by ReProgman with 4 stars and matsya-launcher with 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

SEP 2008: 1JAN 2010: 1OCT 2017: 1MAR 2020: 1NOV 2020: 1APR 2021: 1SEP 2022: 1SEP 2024: 1MAR 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 6
SEP 2008SEP 2026

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 · 7 hand-coded · 11 unlabelled

Operator · 3 hobby · 13 open source · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 18 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01kalinka-launcher63★19 dayslivehand-codedDesktop launcher that downloads, installs, launches, and updates products from a digital ecosystem in one Windows interface.
  2. 02stargate-command59★1 mo—Desktop app launcher for Windows, Mac, and Linux that uses a Stargate dialing metaphor to launch installed programs.
  3. 03nanodesk1★15 days—hobbyApp launcher that finds programs on the computer, explains each in plain words, and starts the selected one while reporting progress.
  4. 04pixivflow-desktop0★17 days—hobbyA desktop launcher that runs and supervises a backend service for an art-viewing platform and opens its web-based interface.
  5. 05qemu-windows-launcher0★26 daysliveopen sourceInteractive launcher that starts and manages a Windows virtual machine.
  6. 06SonettoLauncherHereToo0★22 days—hobbyDesktop launcher that starts a local application's backend and frontend, shows its interface in an embedded window, and handles initialization and updates.
  7. 07d77run0★17 daysliveopen sourceDesktop launcher that opens a run dialog to execute commands and displays application icons.
  8. 08matsya-launcher0★2 moliveopen sourceApplication launcher that provides a graphical interface for starting installed programs.
  9. 09butter-launcher-bin0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceAn Electron-based launcher that provides a graphical interface for launching a particular desktop application.
  10. 10nwg-launchers0★11 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceGTK+ application launchers for Sway and i3 window managers, providing a graphical interface to launch installed programs.
  11. 11lasso-launcher0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop launcher that combines a dashboard, system bar, and terminal interface to control system operations.
  12. 12lingmo-launcher0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceApplication launcher for the Lingmo operating system, providing a graphical interface to start installed programs.
  13. 13ffgo0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceGraphical launcher that simplifies assembling and running FlightGear flight simulator command lines.
  14. 14rough0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA graphical desktop launcher that lets users start installed programs from a menu.
  15. 159menu0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop menu utility that displays a configurable list of programs and launches the selected one.
  16. 16lightpad0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application launcher that opens installed programs through a graphical interface.
  17. 17bbdock0★10 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA desktop dock application that provides a graphical launcher bar for applications, supporting PNG icons and transparency.
  18. 18raiseorlaunch0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceApplication launcher for the i3 window manager that starts a program or raises an already open window.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.