A fast, customizable application launcher built with GTK4 and Rust, designed for Linux desktop environments. Walker provides a clean, modern interface for launching applications, running commands, performing calculations, and more.

Walker offers multiple provider types for different use cases:

• Desktop Applications: Launch installed GUI applications
• Calculator: Perform mathematical calculations with = prefix
• File Browser: Navigate and open files with / prefix
• Command Runner: Execute shell commands
• Websearch: Search the web with custom-defined engines
• Clipboard History: Access clipboard history with : prefix
• Symbol Picker: Insert special symbols with . prefix
• Provider List: Switch between providers with ; prefix
• Menu Integration: Create custom menus with elephant and let walker display them
• Dmenu: Your good old dmenu ... with seamless menus!

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/abenz1267/walker.git
cd walker

# Build with Cargo
cargo build --release

# Run Walker
./target/release/walker

• GTK4 (version 4.6+)
• gtk4-layer-shell
• Protocol Buffers compiler
• cairo
• poppler-glib
• make sure elephant is running before starting Walker

Launch Walker with:

walker --gapplication-service

To open it, simply call:

walker

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

This is a beta version (1.0.0-beta) undergoing active development. Features and APIs may change before the stable 1.0 release.