A fast, Raycast-like application launcher for Linux built with Rust and Iced GUI framework.

• Application Launcher - Quick access to all your installed applications
• Multiple Search Modes - Switch between different modes using prefixes
• Clipboard History - Background daemon monitors and saves clipboard history
• Fuzzy Search - Smart fuzzy matching for faster results
• Keyboard Navigation - Full keyboard control with vim-style bindings
• Dark Theme - Modern dark UI with accent colors
• Lightweight - Fast startup, minimal resource usage

Auto-detected modes:

• Calculator: Type math expressions (e.g., 2+2, sqrt(16))
• Converter: Type conversions (e.g., 100 usd to eur, 5 km in miles)

Download the latest release for your distribution:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dpkg -i wlaunch_*.deb

# Fedora/RHEL
sudo rpm -i wlaunch-*.rpm

# Binary
tar -xzf wlaunch-*-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
sudo mv wlaunch /usr/local/bin/

# Install dependencies (Debian/Ubuntu)
sudo apt install libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev libxcb-render0-dev \
    libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libspeechd-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev \
    libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcursor-dev libxrandr-dev libxi-dev \
    libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libssl-dev pkg-config

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/kpanuragh/wlaunch-rs.git
cd wlaunch-rs
cargo build --release

# Install
sudo cp target/release/wlaunch /usr/local/bin/

wlaunch

wlaunch              # Launch GUI
wlaunch --daemon     # Run clipboard monitor daemon
wlaunch --help       # Show help

WLaunch includes a clipboard history manager that runs in the background.

# Enable and start the service
systemctl --user enable --now wlaunch-clipboard.service

# Check status
systemctl --user status wlaunch-clipboard.service

# View logs
journalctl --user -u wlaunch-clipboard.service -f

The clipboard daemon automatically starts on login if installed from .deb/.rpm packages. To disable:

# Disable autostart
rm ~/.config/autostart/wlaunch-clipboard.desktop

Configuration is stored in ~/.config/wlaunch/config.json:

{
  "clipboard_history_size": 50,
  "max_recent_files": 100,
  "gemini_api_key": "your-api-key",
  "bitwarden_email": "your-email"
}

Place executable scripts in ~/.config/wlaunch/scripts/ to make them searchable:

mkdir -p ~/.config/wlaunch/scripts
echo '#!/bin/bash
notify-send "Hello from WLaunch!"' > ~/.config/wlaunch/scripts/hello
chmod +x ~/.config/wlaunch/scripts/hello

# Debug build
cargo build

# Release build
cargo build --release

# Run
cargo run

# Run with logging
RUST_LOG=debug cargo run

# Lint
cargo clippy

# Format
cargo fmt

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• Iced - Cross-platform GUI library for Rust
• Raycast - Inspiration for the UI/UX design