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CLUSTER LAUNCHER-WAYLAND-LIGHTWEIGHT · 32 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2020-01-11

Wayland application launchers

This cluster consists of application launchers and launcher-related utilities for the Wayland display protocol on Linux, ranging from minimal searchable programs to feature-rich command palettes. Entries appear across 2019–2026, with a thin distribution where most months have a single entry; the busiest pre-index months are 2025-10 (3 entries) and 2026-07 (5 entries). The traction leaders, veil-host-bin, nimlaunch-bin, and proslenkey, all show 0 stars, indicating early-stage development with limited adoption.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUN 2019: 1JAN 2020: 1DEC 2020: 1AUG 2021: 1NOV 2021: 1FEB 2022: 1APR 2022: 1APR 2024: 1JAN 2025: 1FEB 2025: 1SEP 2025: 1OCT 2025: 3NOV 2025: 1DEC 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1FEB 2026: 1MAR 2026: 2APR 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1JUL 2026: 5AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 2
JUN 2019SEP 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 · 1 ai-built · 3 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled

Operator · 1 hobby · 19 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01relvi0★11 daysliveopen sourceDesktop launcher for Wayland that quickly opens applications and executes commands.
  2. 02nimlaunch-bin0★28 daysliveopen sourceKeyboard-first application launcher for X11 and Wayland built with SDL3, providing fast and efficient launching of programs.
  3. 03xdg-desktop-portal-generic0★12 daysliveopen sourceSystem component that provides a generic XDG desktop portal backend for Wayland compositors.
  4. 04owlry0★1 moliveopen sourceA lightweight Wayland application launcher that combines UI, daemon, and providers in one binary.
  5. 05alter-launcher0★1 moliveopen sourceA desktop launcher that provides global search and clipboard history for Wayland environments like Hyprland.
  6. 06proslenkey0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceA lightweight application launcher for Wayland that lets users quickly search and start installed programs.
  7. 07k-launcher0★2 moliveopen sourceCommand palette launcher for Wayland that finds applications and commands with fuzzy search and supports plugins.
  8. 08guibuxwm0★1 mo—ai-builthobbyProvides a minimal Wayland window manager for managing and compositing windows on Linux systems.
  9. 09plasma-drop0★2 moliveopen sourceDropdown application launcher for KDE Plasma that opens any program from a compact overlay panel on Wayland.
  10. 10yeet-launcher0★3 moliveopen sourceConfigurable application launcher for Wayland desktop systems.
  11. 11wlrun0★3 moliveopen sourceKeyboard-driven launcher and system console for Wayland compositors, managing apps, network, and system settings.
  12. 12pango-design-suite-wayland0★3 moliveopen sourceRuntime and launcher providing native Wayland support for the Pango Design Suite.
  13. 13halley-full0★1 moliveopen sourceA metapackage that installs the full Halley Wayland desktop environment, including compositor, launcher, and portal.
  14. 14sherlock-launcher-gpui-bin0★4 moliveopen sourceApplication launcher for Wayland.
  15. 15rauncher-wayland0★4 moliveopen sourceApplication launcher for Linux Wayland desktops that opens programs efficiently.
  16. 16zlaunch-bin0★6 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceApplication launcher for Wayland desktop environments that offers quick access to programs.
  17. 17kickoff0★8 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceA simple launcher for Wayland that opens installed applications from a searchable interface.
  18. 18hypr-bucket0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceLightweight application launcher for the Hyprland Wayland compositor that is customizable.
  19. 19vanta-bin0★5 moliveopen sourceApplication launcher and command palette for Wayland, serving as an alternative to Spotlight for starting programs and executing commands.
  20. 20zskins-bin0★5 moliveopen sourceWayland status bar and launcher that displays system information and launches applications.

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.