Efficient dynamic menu for Wayland

C 95.3%
Meson 4.7%

Repository files (latest commit first)
Filename	Latest commit message	Latest commit date
adnano 8fe04a0c99 Limit number of menu lines by item count Limit the number of menu lines visible in line mode if there are less items than lines. This brings wmenu's behavior in line with dmenu's. Closes #64		2025-11-18 20:03:22 -05:00
docs	Don't ignore stdin in password mode	2024-05-05 10:13:01 -04:00
protocols	Support xdg_activation_v1 protocol	2024-04-07 08:51:57 -04:00
.gitignore	Initial commit	2022-01-16 08:32:58 -05:00
LICENSE	Update LICENSE	2024-02-27 08:50:29 -05:00
menu.c	Limit number of menu lines by item count	2025-11-18 20:03:22 -05:00
menu.h	Limit number of menu lines by item count	2025-11-18 20:03:22 -05:00
meson.build	Version 0.2.0	2025-04-29 15:23:10 -04:00
pango.c	Free memory associated with the menu on exit	2024-03-02 11:31:13 -05:00
pango.h	Move menu and rendering logic into separate files	2024-02-27 11:23:12 -05:00
pool-buffer.c	Move menu and rendering logic into separate files	2024-02-27 11:23:12 -05:00
pool-buffer.h	Move menu and rendering logic into separate files	2024-02-27 11:23:12 -05:00
README.md	README: Update meson instructions	2024-11-01 19:35:39 -04:00
render.c	Render menu after surface enter event	2025-03-01 07:04:00 -05:00
render.h	Move menu and rendering logic into separate files	2024-02-27 11:23:12 -05:00
wayland.c	Render menu after surface enter event	2025-03-01 07:04:00 -05:00
wayland.h	Add wmenu-run executable	2024-05-02 21:39:54 -04:00
wmenu-run.c	Limit number of menu lines by item count	2025-11-18 20:03:22 -05:00
wmenu.c	Limit number of menu lines by item count	2025-11-18 20:03:22 -05:00

wmenu is an efficient dynamic menu for Sway and wlroots based Wayland compositors. It provides a Wayland-native dmenu replacement which maintains the look and feel of dmenu.

Installation

Dependencies:

cairo
pango
wayland
xkbcommon
scdoc (optional)

$ meson setup build
$ ninja -C build
# ninja -C build install

Usage

See wmenu(1)

To use wmenu with Sway, you can add the following to your configuration file:

set $menu wmenu-run
bindsym $mod+d exec $menu