CLUSTER LAUNCHER-LINUX-APPLICATIONS · 43 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2017-03-03
Linux application launchers
This cluster comprises Linux application launchers, ranging from simple command-line tools to extensible desktop launchers with plugins and configuration files. The dated history spans 2006 to 2026, with entries appearing sporadically across most years and a modest increase in the final two years, peaking at four entries in March 2026. ScriptLauncher leads on traction with one star, while omikuji-bin and vicinae have 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 · 2 unlabelled
Operator · 3 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 3 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 41tcllauncher0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceLauncher application that opens Tcl programs from a single interface for users.
- 42stryde0★10 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop application launcher for Linux that finds and starts installed programs.
- 43backslash0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLinux app launcher that launches commands and applications from a single interface.
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.