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[](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/releases)
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# A window switcher, Application launcher and dmenu replacement
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**Rofi** started as a clone of simpleswitcher, written by [Sean Pringle](http://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher) a
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popup window switcher roughly based on [superswitcher](http://code.google.com/p/superswitcher/).
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Simpleswitcher laid the foundations, and therefor Sean Pringle deserves most of the credit for this tool. **Rofi**
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(renamed, as it lost the *simple* property) has been extended with extra features, like an application launcher,
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ssh-launcher and can act as a drop-in dmenu replacement, making it a very versatile tool.
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**Rofi**, like dmenu, will provide the user with a textual list of options where one or more can be selected.
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This can either be, running an application, selecting a window or options provided by an external script.
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Its main features are:
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* fully configurable keyboard navigation
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* type to filter
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- tokenized: type any word in any order to filter
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- (togglable) case insensitive
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- support for fuzzy-, regex-, and glob matching
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* UTF-8 enabled
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- UTF-8-aware string collating
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- international keyboard support (`e -> è)
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* RTL language support
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* Cairo drawing and Pango font rendering
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* built-in modes:
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- window switcher mode
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- EWMH compatible WM
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- application launcher
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- desktop file application launcher
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- SSH launcher mode
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- Combi mode, allowing several modes to be merged into one list
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* history-based ordering — last 25 choices are ordered on top based on use (optional)
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* Levenshtein distance ordering of matches (optional)
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* drop-in dmenu replacement
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- many added improvements
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* easily extensible using scripts
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* theming
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**Rofi** has several built-in modes implementing common use cases and can be exteneded by scripts (either called from
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**Rofi** or calling **Rofi**).
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Below the different modes are listed:
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## Window Switcher
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The window switcher shows the following informations in columns (can be customized):
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1. Desktop name
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2. Window class
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3. Window title
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Window mode features:
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- closing applications with `Shift-Delete`
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- custom command with `Shift-Return`
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## Application launcher
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The run mode allows users to quickly search for and launch a program.
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Run mode features:
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- `Shift-Return` to run the selected program in a terminal
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- favorites list, with frequently used programs sorted on top
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- custom entries, like aliases, added by executing a command
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## Desktop File Application launcher
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The desktop run mode allows users to quickly search and launch an application from the *freedesktop.org* Desktop
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Entries. These are used by most Desktop Environments to populate launchers and menus.
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Drun mode features:
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- favorites list, with frequently used programs sorted on top
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- auto starting terminal applications in a terminal
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## SSH launcher
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Quickly `ssh` into remote machines
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- parses `~/.ssh/config` to find hosts
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## Script mode
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Loads external scripts to add modes to **Rofi**, for example a file-browser.
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```
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rofi -show fb -modi fb:../Examples/rofi-file-browser.sh
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```
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## COMBI mode
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Combine multiple modes in one view. This is especially useful when merging the window and run mode into one view.
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Allowing to quickly switch to an application, either by switching to it when it is already running or starting it.
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Example to combine Desktop run and the window switcher:
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```
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rofi -combi-modi window,drun -show combi -modi combi
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```
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## dmenu replacement
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Drop in dmenu replacement. (Screenshot shows rofi used by
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[teiler](https://github.com/carnager/teiler) ).
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**Rofi** features several improvements over dmenu to improve usability. There is the option to add
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an extra message bar (`-mesg`), pre-entering of text (`-filter`), or selecting entries based on a
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pattern (`-select`). Also highlighting (`-u` and `-a`) options and modi to force user to select one
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provided option (`-only-match`). In addition to this, rofi's dmenu mode can select multiple lines and
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write them to stdout.
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# Usage
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If used with `-show [mode]`, rofi will immediately open in the specified [mode]
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If used with `-dmenu`, rofi will use data from STDIN to let the user select an option.
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For example, to show a run dialog:
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`rofi -show run`
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To show a ssh dialog:
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`rofi -show ssh`
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## dmenu
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If rofi is passed the `-dmenu` option, or run as `dmenu` (ie, /usr/bin/dmenu is symlinked to /usr/bin/rofi),
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it will use the data passed from STDIN.
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```
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~/scripts/my_script.sh | rofi -dmenu
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echo -e "Option #1\nOption #2\nOption #3" | rofi -dmenu
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```
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In both cases, rofi will output the user's selection to STDOUT.
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## Switching Between Modi
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Type `Shift-/Left/Right` to switch between active modi.
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## Key bindings
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| Key | Action |
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|`Ctrl-v, Insert` | Paste from clipboard |
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|`Ctrl-Shift-v, Shift-Insert` | Paste primary selection |
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|`Ctrl-w` | Clear the line |
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|`Ctrl-u` | Delete till the start of line |
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|`Ctrl-a` | Move to beginning of line |
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|`Ctrl-e` | Move to end of line |
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|`Ctrl-f, Right` | Move forward one character |
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|`Alt-f` | Move forward one word |
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|`Ctrl-b, Left` | Move back one character |
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|`Alt-b` | Move back one word |
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|`Ctrl-d, Delete` | Delete character |
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|`Ctrl-Alt-d` | Delete word |
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|`Ctrl-h, Backspace` | Backspace (delete previous character) |
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|`Ctrl-Alt-h` | Delete previous word |
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|`Ctrl-j,Ctrl-m,Enter` | Accept entry |
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|`Ctrl-n,Down` | Select next entry |
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|`Ctrl-p,Up` | Select previous entry |
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|`Page Up` | Go to the previous page |
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|`Page Down` | Go to the next page |
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|`Ctrl-Page Up` | Go to the previous column |
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|`Ctrl-Page Down` | Go to the next column |
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|`Ctrl-Enter` | Use entered text as a command (in `ssh/run modi`) |
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|`Shift-Enter` | Launch the application in a terminal (in run mode) |
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|`Shift-Enter` | Return the selected entry and move to the next item while keeping Rofi open. (in dmenu) |
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|`Shift-Right` | Switch to the next modi. The list can be customized with the -modi option. |
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|`Shift-Left` | Switch to the previous modi. The list can be customized with the -modi option. |
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|`Ctrl-Tab` | Switch to the next modi. The list can be customized with the -modi option. |
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|`Ctrl-Shift-Tab` | Switch to the previous modi. The list can be customized with the -modi option. |
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|`Ctrl-space` | Set selected item as input text. |
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|`Shift-Del` | Delete entry from history. |
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|`grave` | Toggle case sensitivity. |
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|`Alt-grave` | Toggle levenshtein sort. |
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|`Alt-Shift-S` | Take a screenshot and store it in the Pictures directory. |
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For the full list of key bindings, see: `rofi -show keys` or `rofi -help`.
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# Configuration
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There are currently three methods of setting configuration options:
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* Local configuration. Normally, depending on XDG, in `~/.local/rofi/config`. This uses the Xresources format.
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* Xresources: A method of storing key values in the Xserver. See
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[here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_resources) for more information.
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* Command line options: Arguments are passed to **Rofi**.
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A distribution can ship defaults in `/etc/rofi.conf`.
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The Xresources options and the command line options are aliased. To define option X set:
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rofi.X: value
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In the Xresources file. To set/override this from command line pass the same key
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prefixed with '-':
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rofi -X value
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To get a list of available options formatted as Xresources entries, run:
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rofi -dump-Xresources
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or in a more readable format:
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rofi -help
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The configuration system supports the following types:
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* string
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* integer (signed and unsigned)
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* char
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* Boolean
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The Boolean option has a non-default command line syntax, to enable option X you do:
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rofi -X
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to disable it:
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rofi -no-X
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# Manpage
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For more detailed information, please see the [manpage](doc/rofi.1.markdown), the [wiki](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/wiki), or the [forum](https://reddit.com/r/qtools/).
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# Installation
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Please see the [installation guide](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/blob/next/INSTALL.md) for instructions on how to
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install **Rofi**.
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# What is rofi not?
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Rofi is not:
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* A preview application. In other words, it will not show a (small) preview of images, movies or other files.
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* A UI toolkit.
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* A library to be used in other applications.
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* An application that can support every possible use-case. It tries to be generic enough to be usable by everybody.
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Specific functionality can be added using scripts.
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* Just a dmenu replacement. The dmenu functionality is a nice 'extra' to **rofi**, not its main purpose.
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