Wofi

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Two barsScore 6.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Wofi is ranked #13 of 40 in app launcher software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux. There is a free plan.

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Wofi Free GPL-3.0 licensed software github.com · 5 Oct 2026

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Supported platforms: linux
File search: No
Command launching: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Wofi is a launcher and menu program for wlroots based Wayland compositors such as sway.
Modes: Its built in modes are run, which searches PATH for executables; drun, which searches for desktop files; and dmenu, which reads options from standard input and writes the selected option to standard output.
Customization: Wofi is described as highly customizable, with CSS styling and optional configuration, CSS, and colors files.
Search: Search matching can use contains, multi-contains, or fuzzy modes, and case insensitive search is available.
Combinations: The combi feature lets users show multiple modes together, with each mode loaded at most once.
Integration: Wofi is designed for wlroots and uses the wlr-layer-shell protocol; without that protocol or outside Wayland it must be run with --normal-window or it will crash.
Sway: Wofi does not provide window switching on its own, but its dmenu mode can be used with swaymsg to implement it.
Build requirements: Building requires PkgConf, Wayland, GLib2, GObject, GTK3, and either CMake or Meson.
License: The repository includes the GNU General Public License version 3.
Security: GitHub reports that the project has no SECURITY.md policy file and no published security advisories.
Support and contribution: The README directs bug reports about newer software behavior and patches to the upstream SourceHut project because this fork is not connected to mainstream Wofi.
Intended users: The project describes Wofi for users of wlroots based Wayland compositors such as sway.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best App Launcher Software in 2026#13 of 40

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Sources

github.com/SimplyCEO/wofi· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/SimplyCEO/wofi/blob/master/man/wofi.7· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/SimplyCEO/wofi/blob/master/man/wofi.1· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/SimplyCEO/wofi/blob/master/COPYING.md· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/SimplyCEO/wofi/security· checked 5 Oct 2026