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Spec sheet
- Purpose
- Wofi is a launcher and menu program for wlroots based Wayland compositors such as sway.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Intended users
- The project describes Wofi for users of wlroots based Wayland compositors such as sway.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Security
- GitHub reports that the project has no SECURITY.md policy file and no published security advisories.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- License
- The repository includes the GNU General Public License version 3.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Build requirements
- Building requires PkgConf, Wayland, GLib2, GObject, GTK3, and either CMake or Meson.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Combinations
- The combi feature lets users show multiple modes together, with each mode loaded at most once.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Customization
- Wofi is described as highly customizable, with CSS styling and optional configuration, CSS, and colors files.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- 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.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- 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.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Search
- Search matching can use contains, multi-contains, or fuzzy modes, and case insensitive search is available.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- 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.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Sway
- Wofi does not provide window switching on its own, but its dmenu mode can be used with swaymsg to implement it.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
Plans and prices
Wofi Free GPL-3.0 licensed software Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
Where Specifiction places it
- App launchers#34 of 407.1
- App Launchers#37 of 407.0
- App Launcher Software#37 of 406.9
