Flap-App-Launcher

Compact applications launcher for Ubuntu.

Main view

Features

minimalistic design
suggestions on TAB button
suggestions respect usage statistics
run printed command in the terminal if not found in the index
history of any run commnads.

The application list generates from:

main menu shortcuts
any commands what were run before.

Installation

There are 3 ways to install the application:

Using NPM:

sudo npm install -g flap-app-launcher

Run anywhere with flap-app-launcher.

Download *.deb package:

Down load from latest release page. Or execute in the bash:

# for x86_64
wget https://github.com/antonfisher/flap-app-launcher/releases/download/v1.1.1/flap-app-launcher_1.1.1_x64.deb
sudo dpkg -i flap-app-launcher_1.1.1_x64.deb
flap-app-launcher

# for ia32
wget https://github.com/antonfisher/flap-app-launcher/releases/download/v1.1.1/flap-app-launcher_1.1.1_ai32.deb
sudo dpkg -i flap-app-launcher_1.1.1_ia32.deb
flap-app-launcher

From sources (for development):

git clone git@github.com:antonfisher/flap-app-launcher.git
cd flap-app-launcher
npm install
npm run lint
npm test
npm start   # production mode
npm run dev # development mode

Configuration

The config file will be created after first application run.

Default hotkey: Super+Space. To change default hotkey edit the config file:

# for npm or binaries installation:
vim ~/.flap-app-launcher.config.json

# for source code installation:
vim %SOURCE_DIR%/.flap-app-launcher.config.json

NOTE: single hotkeys (like just Super) are not supported now.

Add to the autorun on Ubuntu

The Command must be:

for NPM installation: flap-app-launcher
for binaries installation: %PATH_TO_BINARIES%/flap-app-launcher.