diff --git a/src/components/menus/apps/index.tsx b/src/components/menus/apps/index.tsx
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index 000000000..729a759ba
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+++ b/src/components/menus/apps/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+import DropdownMenu from '../shared/dropdown/index.js';
+import options from 'src/options.js';
+import Variable from 'astal/variable';
+import { bind } from 'astal/binding';
+import { RevealerTransitionMap } from 'src/lib/constants/options.js';
+import { App, Gtk } from 'astal/gtk3';
+import Separator from 'src/components/shared/Separator.js';
+import AstalApps from 'gi://AstalApps?version=0.1'
+import { icon, launchApp } from 'src/lib/utils.js';
+import { Entry, EntryProps, Scrollable } from 'astal/gtk3/widget';
+
+import PopupWindow from '../shared/popup/index.js';
+
+const apps = new AstalApps.Apps({
+    nameMultiplier: 2,
+    keywordsMultiplier: 2,
+    executableMultiplier: 1,
+    entryMultiplier: 0.5,
+    categoriesMultiplier: 0.5,
+});
+
+interface ApplicationItemProps {
+    app: AstalApps.Application;
+    onLaunched?: () => void;
+}
+
+const ApplicationItem = ({ app, onLaunched }: ApplicationItemProps): JSX.Element => {
+    return (
+        <button className="notification-card" halign={Gtk.Align.FILL} valign={Gtk.Align.START} onClick={() => { launchApp(app); onLaunched?.() }}>
+            <box spacing={5}>
+                <icon className="notification-card-image icon" margin={5} halign={Gtk.Align.CENTER} valign={Gtk.Align.CENTER} vexpand={false} icon={icon(app.iconName)} />
+                <label halign={Gtk.Align.START} valign={Gtk.Align.CENTER} label={app.name} hexpand vexpand truncate wrap />
+            </box>
+        </button>
+    );
+}
+
+
+function useRef<T>() {
+    let ref: T | null = null;
+
+    return {
+        set: (r: T) => { ref = r },
+        get: () => ref
+    }
+}
+
+function useApplicationsFilter() {
+    const filter = Variable('')
+
+    const list = bind(filter).as((f) => {
+        // show all apps by default
+        if (!f) return apps.get_list()
+        // if the filter is a single character, show all apps that start with that character
+        if (f.length === 1) return apps.get_list().filter((app) => app.name.toLowerCase().startsWith(f.toLowerCase()))
+        // otherwise, do a fuzzy search (this method wont filter with a single character)
+        return apps.fuzzy_query(f)
+    })
+
+    return { filter, list }
+}
+
+interface ApplicationLauncherProps {
+    visible: Variable<boolean>;
+    onLaunched?: () => void;
+}
+
+const SearchBar = ({ value, setup, onActivate }: { value?: Variable<string>; setup?: (self: Entry) => void; onActivate?: EntryProps['onActivate'] }) => {
+    return (
+        <box className="notification-menu-controls" expand={false} vertical={false}>
+            <box className="menu-label-container notifications" halign={Gtk.Align.START} valign={Gtk.Align.CENTER} expand>
+                <entry onActivate={onActivate} setup={setup} className="menu-label notifications" placeholderText="Filter" text={value && bind(value)} onChanged={value && ((entry) => value.set(entry.text))} />
+            </box>
+            <box halign={Gtk.Align.END} valign={Gtk.Align.CENTER} expand={false}>
+                <Separator
+                    halign={Gtk.Align.CENTER}
+                    vexpand={true}
+                    className="menu-separator notification-controls"
+                />
+                <label className="clear-notifications-label txt-icon" label="" />
+            </box>
+        </box>
+    )
+}
+
+
+const ApplicationLauncher = ({ visible, onLaunched }: ApplicationLauncherProps): JSX.Element => {
+    const entry = useRef<Entry>()
+    const scrollable = useRef<Scrollable>()
+
+    const { filter, list } = useApplicationsFilter()
+
+    const onFilterReturn = () => {
+        const first = list.get()[0]
+        if (!first) return;
+        launchApp(first)
+        onLaunched?.()
+    }
+
+    // focus the entry when the menu is shown
+    const onShow = () => {
+        entry.get()?.grab_focus()
+    }
+    visible.subscribe(v => v && onShow());
+
+    const onHide = () => {
+        // clear the filter when the menu is hidden
+        filter.set('')
+        // TODO: reset scroll position
+    }
+    visible.subscribe(v => !v && onHide);
+
+    return (
+        <box className="notification-menu-content" css="padding: 1px; margin: -1px;" hexpand vexpand>
+            <box className="notification-card-container menu" hexpand vexpand vertical>
+                <SearchBar value={filter} setup={entry.set} onActivate={onFilterReturn} />
+                <scrollable vscroll={Gtk.PolicyType.AUTOMATIC} setup={scrollable.set}>
+                    <box className="menu-content-container notifications" halign={Gtk.Align.FILL} valign={Gtk.Align.START} spacing={0} vexpand vertical>
+                        {list.as(apps => apps.map((app) => <ApplicationItem app={app} onLaunched={onLaunched} />))}
+                    </box>
+                </scrollable>
+            </box>
+        </box>
+    )
+}
+
+/**
+ * track the visibility of a window
+ * this is necessary because menu are realized at startup and never destroyed
+ * making onRealize and onDestroy unreliable for lifecycle management
+ */
+function useWindowVisibility(windowName: string) {
+    const visible = Variable(!!App.get_window(windowName)?.visible);
+
+    App.connect('window-toggled', (_, window) => {
+        if (window.name !== windowName) return;
+        visible.set(window.visible);
+    })
+
+    return visible;
+}
+
+export const ApplicationsDropdownMenu = (): JSX.Element => {
+    const visible = useWindowVisibility('applicationsdropdownmenu');
+
+    const close = () => App.get_window('applicationsdropdownmenu')?.set_visible(false);
+
+    return (
+        <DropdownMenu
+            name={'applicationsdropdownmenu'}
+            transition={bind(options.menus.transition).as((transition) => RevealerTransitionMap[transition])}
+        >
+            <ApplicationLauncher visible={visible} onLaunched={close} />
+        </DropdownMenu>
+    );
+};
+
+
+export const ApplicationsMenu = (): JSX.Element => {
+    const visible = useWindowVisibility('applicationsmenu');
+
+    const close = () => App.get_window('applicationsmenu')?.set_visible(false);
+
+    return (
+        <PopupWindow name={'applicationsmenu'} transition={bind(options.menus.transition).as((transition) => RevealerTransitionMap[transition])}>
+            <ApplicationLauncher visible={visible} onLaunched={close} />
+        </PopupWindow>
+    )
+}
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diff --git a/src/components/menus/exports.ts b/src/components/menus/exports.ts
index 913a42f7b..0b3bb149d 100644
--- a/src/components/menus/exports.ts
+++ b/src/components/menus/exports.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import CalendarMenu from './calendar/index.js';
 import EnergyMenu from './energy/index.js';
 import DashboardMenu from './dashboard/index.js';
 import PowerDropdown from './powerDropdown/index.js';
+import {ApplicationsDropdownMenu, ApplicationsMenu} from './apps/index';
 
 export const DropdownMenus = [
     AudioMenu,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ export const DropdownMenus = [
     EnergyMenu,
     DashboardMenu,
     PowerDropdown,
+    ApplicationsDropdownMenu
 ];
 
-export const StandardWindows = [PowerMenu, Verification];
+export const StandardWindows = [PowerMenu, Verification, ApplicationsMenu];