BSD Ports

x11/kickoff 0.7.0_32 DragonFly

Minimalistic program launcher for Wayland

System
DragonFly
Repository
DPorts
Maintainer
[email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License
GPLv3+
Categories
wayland, x11
Package size
1440.5 KiB, 5628.4 KiB installed

Description

kickoff is a program launcher for Wayland. All programs found in $PATH are included in the search results. This list is then combined with your previous searches and sorted by amount of usage and if it fits the search query.

Features:

  • Wayland native (only wlroots based compositors though)
  • Fuzzy search
  • Fast and snappy
  • Remembers often used applications
  • Argument support for launched programs
  • Paste support

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 0.7.6, as upstream numbers it.

SystemPortVersionVulnerabilitiesStatusMaintainerLast update
DragonFlyx11/kickoff0.7.0_32 behind since 2026-10-30none known-[email protected]-
FreeBSDx11/kickoff0.7.6 newestnone known-[email protected]2026-10-30
HardenedBSDx11/kickoff0.7.0_33 behind since 2026-10-30no data-[email protected]-
GhostBSDx11/kickoff0.7.6 newestno data-[email protected]-

Version history 1

  1. 0.7.0

Upstream's version as each commit to the port's Makefile set it, or as this site first saw it in the system's packages; the tree's own revisions are not versions here.

Install

Binary package:

pkg install kickoff

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/x11/kickoff && make install clean

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

Dependencies

Run dependencies 1

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts
none

Message after installing

===>   NOTICE:

The kickoff port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla

More information about port maintainership is available at:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/#ports-contributing