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The launcher built into the KDE Plasma desktop. While its basic function is to launch programs from a sort of mini-command-line, its functionality can be extended by "runners" to assist the user to accomplish a lot of tasks.
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File Size1.4MiB
PublisherKDE
System resource usageLow
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Krunner
Recommended 2 years ago
Works well. Maybe the UI could do with a spruce up, but it's very functional and fast which is the most important thing.
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Great integration with Plasma, developed by KDEPro
Lots of handy featuresPro
I'm able to find open tabs from browsers with KRunner which is very niceKrunner
Recommended 5 years ago
After years of using KDE Plasma, it's between this and Klipper for me as to the most excellent reasons never to use another desktop environment. Launch an app, find a file, open a browser to a URL, get a Unicode character you don't know the code for, perform simple arithmetic, show me synonyms and an...
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Extensible with pluginsPro
FastPro
Can be used to open websitesPro
Opens folders/files alsoComments
Out of Date Pros + Cons
Con Does not have a memory
Other app launchers have a feature where they remember often used searches, so say one searches for "Chrome" often, just by typing the first letter "Chrome will appear first in the results due to it being used so often. Krunner does not have this feature, which means everything needs typed out every time.