Xstarter

xstarter - Terminal-based application launcher for Unix-like systems Features - a clean, simple interface that works on various terminals - able to search for...

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xstarter terminalbased application launcher for unixlike systems

features a clean, simple interface that works on various terminals able to search for applications using environment variables (e.g. $path) and userprovided list of directories can be configured to launch via a keybinding remembers previously launched applications allowing to find them more quickly allows fuzzy search (parts of the query can be separated with a space) applications can be launched with 1, 2, ..., 0 keys, depending on their position in the search results fast, uses cache by default easy to configure via a single text file

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