macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install dmenulocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install dmenuMacPorts ports tree · x11/dmenu/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew / Rang 5990
dmenu mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für dmenu in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add dmenuAlpine Linux edge package indexes · dmenu · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install dmenuFedora Rawhide package metadata · dmenu · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dmenunixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/dm/dmenu/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S dmenuArch Linux sync databases · dmenu · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install dmenuopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · dmenu · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Dynamic menu for X11
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- dmenu
- dmenu_path
- dmenu_run
- stest
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
dmenu is suckless.org's efficient dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm and commonly used as a keyboard-driven launcher or scriptable selector.
Projektgeschichte
The official suckless page describes dmenu as a dynamic menu for X that was originally designed for dwm and manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently. The official git refs show public tagged releases beginning at 0.1 in August 2006 and continuing through the 5.x series.
Adoptionsgeschichte
dmenu became a standard suckless tool because it composes through stdin and stdout: scripts can pass newline-separated choices in, and dmenu prints the selected item out. Its official manual also documents dmenu_run, the script used by dwm to list programs in PATH and run the selected command.
Wie es verwendet wird
In everyday package use, dmenu reads newline-separated items from stdin, narrows matches as the user types, and prints the chosen item on Return. Options cover bottom placement, case-insensitive matching, vertical lists, monitor selection, prompts, fonts, colors, and embedding into another X window.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
dmenu is significant because it is tiny, source-customizable X11 infrastructure rather than a full desktop launcher. It appears in package managers as a small dependency-free-ish building block for window-manager users, shell scripts, and Unix workflows that prefer composition over integrated desktop services.
Zeitleiste
- 2006-08: dmenu 0.1 tag appeared in the official git refs.
- 2009-02: dmenu 4.0 was tagged.
- 2020-09: dmenu 5.0 was tagged.
- 2025-08: dmenu 5.4 was released.
Related projects
- The official page ties dmenu to dwm, and the man page cross-references dwm and stest.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: grün
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risikoklassifikator
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Warum
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signale
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 8 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Installiert mit 4 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Empfohlene Prüfung
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
source tree: config.h (generated from config.def.h)source tree: config.mk
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
dmenu | cli | globales Executable | |
dmenu_path | cli | globales Executable | |
dmenu_run | cli | globales Executable | |
stest | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-09-19
Manager-Version5.4
Manager aktualisiert2026-09-11
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
- InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/none Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:dmenu |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.4 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dmenu |
| Homepage | https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/ |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/ |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://dl.suckless.org/tools/dmenu-5.4.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-09-11T01:23:17Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | fontconfig, libx11, libxft, libxinerama |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | dmenu |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Nix95%
dmenu
nix profile install nixpkgs#dmenu- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dmenu
apk95%
dmenu 5.4-r0
Dynamic menu for X
https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
sudo apk add dmenu- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dmenu
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dmenu
apk95%
dmenu-doc 5.4-r0
Dynamic menu for X (documentation)
https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
sudo apk add dmenu-doc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dmenu
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dmenu
dnf95%
dmenu 5.4-4.fc45
Generic menu for X
http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu
sudo dnf install dmenu- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dmenu
- 7 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dmenu
pacman95%
dmenu 5.4-1
Generic menu for X
https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
sudo pacman -S dmenu- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- 9 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dmenu
zypper95%
dmenu 5.4-1.4
A generic and efficient menu for X
https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
sudo zypper install dmenu- License: MIT
- Category: System/GUI/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dmenu
- 6 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dmenu
MacPorts95%
dmenu
sudo port install dmenu- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dmenu
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation