Command-line tool

dmenu

brew/dmenu

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Dynamic menu for X11

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install dmenu

Linux

brew install dmenu

Display a menu of the output of the `ls` command

ls | dmenu

Display a menu with custom items separated by a new line (`\n`)

echo -e "red\ngreen\nblue" | dmenu

Let the user choose between multiple items and save the selected one to a file

echo -e "red\ngreen\nblue" | dmenu > color.txt

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