Kiwi Menu replaces the Activities button with a compact, macOS-inspired launcher that keeps your most common session actions one click away.
- macOS-style panel button: Swaps the Activities label for a tidy icon-only trigger that blends into GNOME Shell.
- Curated session controls: Sleep, restart, shut down, lock, and log out entries mirror the macOS Apple menu workflow.
- Recent items submenu: Hover or click to browse recent files and folders with automatic section headers and quick launch support.
- Force Quit overlay: Launches the built-in xkill helper from the menu when an app misbehaves. Optionaly, can also close all apps in current workspace.
- Adaptive logout label: Personalizes the log out entry with your full name when available.
- Hide Activities: Hide activities button in top panel.
- Hide Power buttons: Hide Lock screen and Power buttons in Quick Settings
- Multilingual support: Fully translatable interface
Recommended to pair with Kiwi is not Apple.
- Recent Applications menu is cleared after log out. This is limitation of Gnome shell
- add translations
- option to hide default Gnome Power options in QuickSettings
- Force quit to rebuild using popup window with a list of killable apps instead of crossair
- ...
Want to help translate Kiwi Menu to your language? See the translation guide for instructions.
Kiwi Menu is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. See LICENSE for details.