Runner

Runner

Information

Runner is a launch menu for X Window System. It is meant to start fast and give access to often used programs but also run any command. It's also optimized for keyboard usage.

Features

Screenshots


Runner menu

selected entry

Filtered entries (after pressing "t")

Run dialog with history

Command completion from history

Command completion from $PATH

Runner is free software released under the GNU General Public License V2 or later.

Runner is (C) 2012-2021 Ralf Hoffmann.

Download

The current release is Runner 1.1 (356 kB) (signature) from 2021-02-01.

Changes

Requirements

Installation

Just the regular stuff: ./configure && make && make install

Configuration

The list of commands listed in the popup menu can be configured by editing the file $HOME/.runner/program_list. An example file can be found in examples/. The format is:
name=<name of the program shown in the menu>
program=<command to execute>
name=...
Any number of these entries can be added.

Running

Just execute "runner" or bind it to some key in your favorite window manager.