From 52a666f1979d68a84b3d5f59a30c90b549cb17a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arpit Chakladar <arpitchakladar@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:15:04 +0530
Subject: added fzf-launcher command to launch desktop apps

---
 modules/scripts/default.nix     |  6 +++++
 modules/scripts/fzf-launcher.sh | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 modules/scripts/fzf-launcher.sh

(limited to 'modules/scripts')

diff --git a/modules/scripts/default.nix b/modules/scripts/default.nix
index a3aa54e..5242280 100644
--- a/modules/scripts/default.nix
+++ b/modules/scripts/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ in
       (mkScript "deep-clean" ./deep-clean.sh { })
 
       # Conditional scripts
+      (lib.mkIf config.tools.fzf.enable (
+        mkScript "fzf-launcher" ./fzf-launcher.sh {
+          FZF = lib.getExe pkgs.fzf;
+        }
+      ))
+
       (lib.mkIf (config.tools.ffmpeg.enable && config.tools.slop.enable) (
         mkScript "screen-recording" ./screen-recording.sh {
           FFMPEG = lib.getExe pkgs.ffmpeg-full;
diff --git a/modules/scripts/fzf-launcher.sh b/modules/scripts/fzf-launcher.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..592dd1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/scripts/fzf-launcher.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+DIRS=(
+  /run/current-system/sw/share/applications
+  "$HOME/.nix-profile/share/applications"
+  "$HOME/.local/share/applications"
+)
+
+entries=""
+
+for dir in "${DIRS[@]}"; do
+  [[ -d "$dir" ]] || continue
+  for f in "$dir"/*.desktop; do
+    [[ -f "$f" ]] || continue
+
+    grep -q "^NoDisplay=true" "$f" && continue
+    grep -q "^Hidden=true"    "$f" && continue
+
+    # only keep Type=Application entries
+    grep -q "^Type=Application" "$f" || continue
+
+    # skip terminal-only apps (no GUI window)
+    grep -q "^Terminal=true"   "$f" && continue
+
+    # skip entries that are purely settings/mime handlers/background services
+    categories=$(grep -m1 "^Categories=" "$f" | cut -d= -f2-)
+    if [[ -n "$categories" ]]; then
+      echo "$categories" | grep -qE "(Settings|System|Screensaver|DesktopSettings|PackageManager)" && continue
+    fi
+
+    name=$(grep -m1 "^Name=" "$f" | cut -d= -f2-)
+    exec=$(grep -m1 "^Exec=" "$f" | cut -d= -f2-)
+
+    [[ -z "$name" || -z "$exec" ]] && continue
+
+    exec=$(echo "$exec" | sed 's/ %[fFuUickdDnNvm]//g')
+
+    entries+="$name"$'\t'"$exec"$'\n'
+  done
+done
+
+chosen=$(printf '%s' "$entries" | sort -f -t$'\t' -k1,1 | "$FZF" \
+  --prompt='Launch: ' \
+  --layout=reverse \
+  --info=inline \
+  --with-nth=1 \
+  --delimiter=$'\t')
+
+[[ -z "$chosen" ]] && exit 0
+
+exec_cmd=$(printf '%s' "$chosen" | cut -d$'\t' -f2)
+setsid bash -c "$exec_cmd" &>/dev/null &
+disown
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