# App Launcher - what do you think?

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [June 28, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691 "2018-06-28T22:11:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/1 "2018-06-28T22:11:25Z")

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A request was made where some people wanted an app-launcher via the panel - without the icon-task list capability.

So new team member Serdar has pulled together this in double quick time.

Anyone want to try this and give some feedback?

~~Instructions in the README on how to install: [https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/experimental/tree/master/budgie-app-launcher](https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/experimental/tree/master/budgie-app-launcher)~~  
Edit: this is now part of budgie-extras and can be installed via budgie-app-launcher-applet via our daily PPA or from 19.10 and later just use that package name.

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/1X/0218fca893da46e2fdfdf889db2d4fe69974779f.gif)

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**Author:** ![nroetert](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/nroetert/32/137_2.png) [@nroetert](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/nroetert)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/2 "2018-06-29T06:12:09Z")

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My Desktop just got a whole lot cleaner, by replacing all the App icons with this.  
 ![AppLaunch](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/1X/d810fbf828db44179a6672f0f8929e98deb5eabe.png)  
Loving the fact that you can order them to your liking.

Wish I had some coding skills and the creativity to create something like this, well done.

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**Author:** ![Iiari](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/iiari/32/11_2.png) [@Iiari](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Iiari)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/3 "2018-06-30T19:20:27Z")

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Great work! A very appealing applet…

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**Author:** ![ruwe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/ruwe/32/2155_2.png) [@ruwe](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/ruwe)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/4 "2018-12-07T02:19:38Z")

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Coudn’t find it on GitHub … does this still exist?

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**Author:** ![bashfulrobot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/bashfulrobot/32/3_2.png) [@bashfulrobot](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/bashfulrobot)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/5 "2018-12-07T02:26:04Z")

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You can now simply install this through the welcome application. The applet had just been packaged up and added to the welcome application.

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**Author:** ![zhum](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/zhum/32/1975_2.png) [@zhum](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/zhum)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/6 "2020-01-19T16:53:02Z")

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Very useful!!! Can you add support for ‘\*.desktop’ files from local directory? I used to run some scripts by clicking ‘launcher buttons’ in cinnamon DE and missed this ability in budgie.

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**Author:** ![codic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/codic/32/2569_2.png) [@codic](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/codic)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/7 "2020-01-19T16:54:55Z")

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github link is broken ([https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/experimental/tree/master/budgie-app-launcher](https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/experimental/tree/master/budgie-app-launcher))

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/8 "2020-01-19T17:14:34Z")

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Instructions updated on how to install on first post

Any enhancements via pull requests are gratefully received [https://github.com/ubuntubudgie/budgie-extras](https://github.com/ubuntubudgie/budgie-extras)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/9 "2021-01-11T13:43:23Z")

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3 posts were split to a new topic: [App Launcher does not work on a new 20.10 install](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-does-not-work-on-a-new-20-10-install/4558)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/app-launcher-what-do-you-think/691/10 "2021-01-11T13:43:40Z")

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