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Walker Launcher
Walker, is a Raycast alternative for Linux to launch apps.
It has many more features included - I’d say if you search for a Raycast solution on Linux, search no more. It’s amazing how Walker provides file search, clipboard, calculator, emojis, and many more out of the box. It does more than I needed Raycast to do.
If you hit / you see all inbuild features. You can also prefix them with a Hyprland shortcut, or if you open Walker, e.g. . will open finder for seraching files, : will brin up emojies and so on. Check it out in action here in my
Linux Workflow video.
It’s rewritten in Rust and comes with Omarchy out of the box.
# Settings
# Files Search
It’s called files since v1.0 (before it was finder).
The case sensitive is not always working see:
When if I capitalize it finds it:
# The Answer
The search is:
It’s case-insensitive by default and case-sensitive if the query contains an upper-case letter.
You’d try playing around with the
min_scorevalue in the config for the files provider. It’s 50 by default.
This config is in ~/.config/elephant/files.toml
Elefant (the backbone of Walker). After changing, it needs a restart of Elephant
You’d also use exact search by prefixing your query with a
'.
More on
How to search Files case insensitive? · abenz1267/walker · Discussion #562 · GitHub
# Settings with Elephant
Elephant’s file provider config lives at ~/.config/elephant/files.toml.
Key config options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
search_dirs |
Directories to index (default: $HOME) |
ignored_dirs |
Regexp patterns to exclude from results (applied after fd) |
fd_flags |
Flags passed to fd (default: --ignore-vcs --type file --type directory) |
min_score |
Minimum score for results to appear (default: 20) |
watch |
Enable live filesystem watching (false by default) |
Ignore files: Because fd runs with --ignore-vcs by default, it respects .gitignore and .ignore files. Place a .ignore file in any directory to exclude subtrees — e.g. ~/Simon/.ignore with SecondBrain/ prevents indexing that folder.
Example config:
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After changing files.toml, restart Elephant for changes to take effect.
Directories vs files in results
When browsing without a query, only files are shown (directories are filtered out). When you type a search query, both files and directories are returned.
If a folder doesn’t appear, verify fd can see it: fd . “/path/to/parent” –ignore-vcs –type directory.
# Other Alternatives
# Further Reads
- Documentation
- Walker and Omarchy specific documentation: A comprihensive walker guide for omarchy · basecamp/omarchy · Discussion #2835 · GitHub
Origin: Omarchy