Hyprlauncher

An unofficial daemon-like GUI for launching applications, built with GTK4 and Rust. 🚀🦀

Preview

Usage

Tip

For optimal performance, bind Hyprlauncher to a keyboard shortcut instead of launching it from a terminal. While the initial launch takes a moment to daemonize, subsequent launches are near-instant (~28-30ms).

Example Hyprland config bind:

bind = $mainMod_SHIFT, E, exec, hyprlauncher

Configuration

For configuration options and customization, see configuration.md.

The configuration file is located at ~/.config/hyprlauncher/config.toml

Changes to the configuration file are applied instantly without needing to restart.

Installation

Requirements

• GTK4
• GTK4-Layer-Shell
• Pango

GitHub Releases

See Hyprlauncher's releases page for downloadable binaries.

Arch Linux

There are 2 different AUR packages available:

• hyprlauncher - Latest release built from source
• hyprlauncher-bin - Latest release in binary form

Install the preferred package with:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/<package>.git
cd <package>
makepkg -si

Or, if you're using an AUR Helper, it's even simpler (using paru as an example):

paru -S <package>

Building from source

1. Install Rust (preferably rustup) through your distro's package or the official script
2. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/hyprutils/hyprlauncher && cd hyprlauncher
3. Compile the app with cargo build --release or run it directly with cargo run --release

Credits:

• Nyx - Implementing the GUI, and maintaining the project
• Adam - Code improvements, and maintaining the project
• Vaxry - Hyprland
• rust-gtk - The GTK4 library
• Hyprland - The wayland compositor

Copyright (C) 2024 HyprUtils