zmenu

Description

A simple Zig application launcher for GNU/Linux.

I've always loved using a terminal. Most of applications launcher are GUI apps. Why not use a terminal one?

In tiled wayland compositor or tiled window manager, all you need is a terminal!

Documentation:

zmenu depends on XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable. Make sure you have the following line in your shell configuration:

export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config

The default zmenu's config file is located in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zmenu/zmenu.zon. It uses the zon format.

You can choose the default terminal, search bar prompt and placeholder, and the result list marker.

Here's an example:

.{
  .terminal = "/bin/ghostty",
  .placeholder = "Search...",
  .prompt = "? ",
  .marker = "> ",
}

If yout don't choose a default terminal in zmenu's config, it will try to find a terminal for you.

License

MIT License. Check it here.

Acknowledgments

• zigzag - A delightful TUI framework for Zig, inspired by Bubble Tea and Lipgloss.
• uni - uni is a Zig library that lets you easily colorize your strings and outputs on your code. It uses ANSI escape codes to put color and styles in your strings and outputs.