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Description:
Window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: launcher window-switcher productivity x11 dmenu-replacement

Install: brew install rofi

About:
Rofi is a lightweight and highly configurable window switcher, application launcher, and dmenu replacement. It presents a list of options from various sources (like window lists or executable commands) for the user to filter and select via keyboard. Its main value proposition is speed, flexibility, and powerful scriptability for creating custom workflows.

Key Features:

Comprehensive window switching and application launching
Powerful scriptable mode for custom lists and actions
Extensive theme and styling customization via CSS-like theming
Fast and lightweight with low latency

Use Cases:

Switching between open application windows on a tiling window manager
Launching applications or running shell commands without a mouse
Selecting items from a custom script-generated list (e.g., SSH hosts, bookmarks)

Alternatives:

dmenu – Rofi is a feature-rich successor to dmenu, offering window switching, theming, and a more advanced UI out of the box.
fzf – fzf is a command-line fuzzy finder, excellent for terminal workflows, whereas Rofi provides a graphical interface for similar tasks.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 1:52pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	06fb0f54