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Fuzzel, app launcher and fuzzy finder has feature-packed 1.11 release

mark.stosberg.com Fuzzel, app launcher and fuzzy finder has feature-packed 1.11 release

Fuzzel is a Wayland-native app launcher and fuzzy finder for Linux, inspired by Rofi and dmenu. The five-year-old Fuzzel project recently had a feature-packed 1.11 release. Here's a visual rundown of what's new. Instant filtering of huge lists 0:00 /0:08 1× ...

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How does its startup time compare to other launchers (rofi or tofi for example)

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- I never actually measured it, but I switched to fuzzel from wofi, and I can't tell the difference in reaction time. To me it feels instant.
  
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- I’ve tested them all and they all launch fairly immediately.
  
  I discuss some of the other feature differences here:
  
  https://mark.stosberg.com/rofi-alternatives-for-wayland/
  
  I think for most people, Fuzzel will be the best choice, but compeitors offer unique features like Rofi-compatibility, HTML formatting support or the most important one: being written in Rust.
  
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I'm a huge fan of fuzzel - can't compliment it enough.

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Love fuzzel—it’s pretty performant, even with a few thousand options to pick from.

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I'm still on bemenu since I used dmenu with dwm on X. I should probably check the others out.

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Fuzzel is great. I only wish it had a pinentry option.

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- I should have read the article first -- passphrases and pinentry are here
  
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  That’s right! We are just waiting for someone to focus a pinentry/fuzzel script now. All the necessary features are there it seems.
  
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noice! I just switched to using Fuzzel yesterday.

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It looks like I have a great place to land if fzf ever starts to make my life difficult. Thank you!

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- fzf has some unique features of its own, like multi-select. Maybe one day Fuzzel will add that.
  
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