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Aerofi

Rofi for macOS: GPU-accelerated & fully scriptable

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A fast, GPU-accelerated modal launcher for Linux & macOS. Built with Rust & GPUI. - frostymur/aerofi

PH · launched Sep 27, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 26%) · 1 view

Niche: application and game launchers · 233 launches, 5 in the last 7 days ▼ -84% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • Productivity
  • GitHub
  • Apple

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Could you build this?

No Developing a GPU-accelerated application launcher with Rust and GPUI targeting macOS and Linux window managers requires deep systems programming, graphics API expertise, and OS-level IPC/accessibility knowledge.

What it would actually take: The project requires advanced Rust systems development using Zed's GPUI framework, direct handling of macOS native windows/events and Linux Wayland/X11 protocols, low-level process spawning and desktop entry parsing, and custom GPU shader/rendering pipeline management.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 390 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #114 of 391 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 328 days after the earliest competitor.

  • GRAB · github · 2026-10-25 · 32 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • maclator · github · 2026-09-30 · 42 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • mandara · github · 2026-10-27 · 50 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • Beam - Open Source Modal Alternative · yc · 2025-11-25 · 46 upvotes · similarity 0.46
  • Tessoa · ph · 2026-11-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • Glide · ph · 2026-10-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • MetalHorizon-FH6-Mac-Launcher · github · 2026-10-27 · 45 upvotes · similarity 0.43
  • hyper-aero · github · 2026-10-22 · 39 upvotes · similarity 0.43

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