Soulless Launcher

A launcher built my way — the way System76 wanted your computer to be.

Soulless is a COSMIC desktop launcher that puts everything on your computer at your fingertips. Find apps, files, CLI tools, and directories from one place. Organize your tools into custom drawers. Secure sensitive files behind an encrypted vault. Make it yours with custom backgrounds and keybinds.

This is the toolbox you need to organize the tools you use.

Features

• Universal search — apps, files, directories, CLI tools, Steam games, Flatpaks, AppImages, Wine, JetBrains IDEs
• Custom drawers — organize apps, files, and directories your way, up to 5 drawers with drag and drop
• Encrypted vault — AES-256 encrypted storage for sensitive files
• File organizer — background watcher that detects misplaced files and suggests moves system-wide
• Stable app IDs — apps pinned to drawers survive renames and reinstalls via UUID registry
• Live system monitors — network, CPU, GPU, RAM, FPS, disk built in
• Custom backgrounds — drop any image into ~/.config/soulless/backgrounds/
• Instant startup — disk cache means it opens instantly every time
• Keyboard navigation — Tab cycles drawers, arrow keys navigate grid, Enter launches, Ctrl+1-9 jumps to drawer
• Super+Space — open from anywhere via DBus activation
• RON config — ~/.config/soulless/config.ron for monitors, organizer, icon size, theme
• wgpu accelerated — buttery smooth on COSMIC

Install

git clone https://github.com/hmrdsmoke/Soulless-Launcher
cd Soulless-Launcher
sudo make install

Then open COSMIC Panel settings and add the Soulless applet to your dock.

Config

~/.config/soulless/config.ron:

(
    show_system_monitor: true,
    search_file_depth: 2,
    organizer_enabled: true,
    organizer_watch_dirs: [],
    drawer_icon_size: 64.0,
    theme_variant: Chrome,
)

Custom backgrounds: drop any .jpg, .png, or .webp into ~/.config/soulless/backgrounds/

Requirements

• Pop!_OS or any Linux distro with COSMIC desktop
• Rust toolchain

License

MIT