diff --git a/crates/rmenu/Cargo.toml b/crates/rmenu/Cargo.toml
index e34a75e..e37e107 100644
--- a/crates/rmenu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rmenu/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,17 +8,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 abi_stable = "0.11.1"
 clap = { version = "4.0.32", features = ["derive"] }
-dashmap = "5.4.0"
-eframe = "0.20.1"
-egui = "0.20.1"
-egui_extras = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["svg", "image"] }
-image = { version = "0.24.5", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
+dioxus = "0.3.2"
+dioxus-desktop = "0.3.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
 rmenu-plugin = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../rmenu-plugin", features = ["rmenu_internals"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.152", features = ["derive"] }
 shellexpand = "3.0.0"
 toml = "0.5.10"
-
-[patch.crates-io]
-eframe = { git = "https://github.com/imgurbot12/egui", branch="feat/grid-color" }
-egui = { git = "https://github.com/imgurbot12/egui", branch="feat/grid-color" }
diff --git a/crates/rmenu/src/gui/mod.rs b/crates/rmenu/src/gui/mod.rs
index 408e353..ecc49a4 100644
--- a/crates/rmenu/src/gui/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rmenu/src/gui/mod.rs
@@ -1,188 +1,57 @@
-/*!
- *  Rmenu - Egui implementation
- */
-use std::process::exit;
 
-use eframe::egui;
+use dioxus::prelude::*;
+use dioxus_desktop::{Config, WindowBuilder};
 
-mod icons;
-mod page;
-use icons::{load_images, IconCache};
-use page::Paginator;
+use rmenu_plugin::Entry;
 
-use crate::{config::Config, plugins::Plugins};
+use crate::{config, plugins::Plugins};
 
-// v1:
-//TODO: fix grid so items expand entire length of window
-//TODO: remove prefix and name specification from module definition
-//TODO: allow specifying prefix in search to limit enabled plugins
-//TODO: build in the actual execute and close part
-//TODO: build compilation and install script for easy setup
-//TODO: allow for close-on-defocus option in config?
-
-// v2:
-//TODO: look into dynamic rendering w/ a custom style config - maybe even css?
-//TODO: add additonal plugins: file-browser, browser-url, etc...
-
-/* Function */
-
-// spawn gui application and run it
-pub fn launch_gui(cfg: Config, plugins: Plugins) -> Result<(), eframe::Error> {
-    let pos = match cfg.rmenu.window_pos {
-        Some(pos) => Some(egui::pos2(pos[0], pos[1])),
-        None => None,
-    };
+/// Spawn GUI instance with the specified config and plugins
+pub fn launch_gui(cfg: config::Config, plugins: Plugins) -> Result<(), String> {
+    // simple_logger::init_with_level(log::Level::Debug).unwrap();
     let size = cfg.rmenu.window_size.unwrap_or([550.0, 350.0]);
-    let options = eframe::NativeOptions {
-        transparent: true,
-        always_on_top: true,
-        decorated: cfg.rmenu.decorate_window,
-        centered: cfg.rmenu.centered.unwrap_or(false),
-        initial_window_pos: pos,
-        initial_window_size: Some(egui::vec2(size[0], size[1])),
-        ..Default::default()
-    };
-    let gui = GUI::new(cfg, plugins);
-    eframe::run_native("rmenu", options, Box::new(|_cc| Box::new(gui)))
+    let gui  = GUI::new(cfg, plugins);
+    dioxus_desktop::launch_cfg(
+        App,
+        Config::default().with_window(WindowBuilder::new().with_resizable(true).with_inner_size(
+            dioxus_desktop::wry::application::dpi::LogicalSize::new(size[0], size[1]),
+        )),
+    );
+    Ok(())
 }
 
-/* Implementation */
-
 struct GUI {
     plugins: Plugins,
     search: String,
-    images: IconCache,
-    config: Config,
-    page: Paginator,
+    config: config::Config,
 }
 
 impl GUI {
-    pub fn new(config: Config, plugins: Plugins) -> Self {
-        let mut gui = Self {
+    pub fn new(config: config::Config, plugins: Plugins) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            config,
             plugins,
             search: "".to_owned(),
-            images: IconCache::new(),
-            page: Paginator::new(config.rmenu.result_size.clone().unwrap_or(15)),
-            config,
-        };
-        // pre-run empty search to generate cache
-        gui.search();
-        gui
-    }
-
-    // complete search based on current internal search variable
-    fn search(&mut self) {
-        let results = self.plugins.search(&self.search);
-        if results.len() > 0 {
-            load_images(&mut self.images, 20, &results);
-        }
-        self.page.reset(results);
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn keyboard(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context) {
-        // tab / ctrl+tab controls
-        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::Tab) {
-            match ctx.input().modifiers.ctrl {
-                true => self.page.focus_up(1),
-                false => self.page.focus_down(1),
-            };
-        }
-        // arrow-key controls
-        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::ArrowUp) {
-            self.page.focus_up(1);
-        }
-        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::ArrowDown) {
-            self.page.focus_down(1)
-        }
-        // pageup / pagedown controls
-        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::PageUp) {
-            self.page.focus_up(5);
-        }
-        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::PageDown) {
-            self.page.focus_down(5);
-        }
-        // exit controls
-        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::Escape) {
-            exit(1);
         }
     }
-}
+    
+    fn search(&mut self, search: &str) -> Vec<Entry> {
+        self.plugins.search(search)
+    }
 
-impl GUI {
-    // implement simple topbar searchbar
-    #[inline]
-    fn simple_search(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
-        let size = ui.available_size();
-        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-            ui.spacing_mut().text_edit_width = size.x;
-            let search = egui::TextEdit::singleline(&mut self.search).frame(false);
-            let object = ui.add(search);
-            if object.changed() {
-                self.search();
+    pub fn app(&mut self, cx: Scope) -> Element {
+        let results = self.search("");
+        cx.render(rsx! { 
+            div {  
+                h1 { "Hello World!" }
+                result.iter().map(|entry| {
+                    div {
+                        div { entry.name }
+                        div { entry.comment }
+                    }
+                })
             }
-        });
-    }
-
-    // check if results contain any icons at all
-    #[inline]
-    fn has_icons(&self) -> bool {
-        self.page
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|r| r.icon.is_some())
-            .peekable()
-            .peek()
-            .is_some()
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn grid_highlight(&self) -> Box<dyn Fn(usize, &egui::Style) -> Option<egui::Rgba>> {
-        let focus = self.page.row_focus();
-        Box::new(move |row, style| {
-            if row == focus {
-                return Some(egui::Rgba::from(style.visuals.faint_bg_color));
-            }
-            None
         })
     }
 
-    // implement simple scrolling grid-based results pannel
-    #[inline]
-    fn simple_results(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
-        let results = self.page.iter();
-        let has_icons = self.has_icons();
-        egui::Grid::new("results")
-            .with_row_color(self.grid_highlight())
-            .show(ui, |ui| {
-                for record in results {
-                    // render icons (if any were present in set)
-                    if has_icons {
-                        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-                            if let Some(icon) = record.icon.as_ref().into_option() {
-                                if let Ok(image) = self.images.load(&icon) {
-                                    let xy = self.config.rmenu.icon_size;
-                                    image.show_size(ui, egui::vec2(xy, xy));
-                                }
-                            }
-                        });
-                    }
-                    // render content
-                    ui.label(record.name.as_str());
-                    if let Some(comment) = record.comment.as_ref().into_option() {
-                        ui.label(comment.as_str());
-                    }
-                    ui.end_row();
-                }
-            });
-    }
-}
-
-impl eframe::App for GUI {
-    fn update(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context, _frame: &mut eframe::Frame) {
-        egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ctx, |ui| {
-            self.keyboard(ctx);
-            self.simple_search(ui);
-            self.simple_results(ui);
-        });
-    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/rmenu/src/gui/icons.rs b/crates/rmenu/src/gui_old/icons.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/rmenu/src/gui/icons.rs
rename to crates/rmenu/src/gui_old/icons.rs
diff --git a/crates/rmenu/src/gui_old/mod.rs b/crates/rmenu/src/gui_old/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..408e353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rmenu/src/gui_old/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/*!
+ *  Rmenu - Egui implementation
+ */
+use std::process::exit;
+
+use eframe::egui;
+
+mod icons;
+mod page;
+use icons::{load_images, IconCache};
+use page::Paginator;
+
+use crate::{config::Config, plugins::Plugins};
+
+// v1:
+//TODO: fix grid so items expand entire length of window
+//TODO: remove prefix and name specification from module definition
+//TODO: allow specifying prefix in search to limit enabled plugins
+//TODO: build in the actual execute and close part
+//TODO: build compilation and install script for easy setup
+//TODO: allow for close-on-defocus option in config?
+
+// v2:
+//TODO: look into dynamic rendering w/ a custom style config - maybe even css?
+//TODO: add additonal plugins: file-browser, browser-url, etc...
+
+/* Function */
+
+// spawn gui application and run it
+pub fn launch_gui(cfg: Config, plugins: Plugins) -> Result<(), eframe::Error> {
+    let pos = match cfg.rmenu.window_pos {
+        Some(pos) => Some(egui::pos2(pos[0], pos[1])),
+        None => None,
+    };
+    let size = cfg.rmenu.window_size.unwrap_or([550.0, 350.0]);
+    let options = eframe::NativeOptions {
+        transparent: true,
+        always_on_top: true,
+        decorated: cfg.rmenu.decorate_window,
+        centered: cfg.rmenu.centered.unwrap_or(false),
+        initial_window_pos: pos,
+        initial_window_size: Some(egui::vec2(size[0], size[1])),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let gui = GUI::new(cfg, plugins);
+    eframe::run_native("rmenu", options, Box::new(|_cc| Box::new(gui)))
+}
+
+/* Implementation */
+
+struct GUI {
+    plugins: Plugins,
+    search: String,
+    images: IconCache,
+    config: Config,
+    page: Paginator,
+}
+
+impl GUI {
+    pub fn new(config: Config, plugins: Plugins) -> Self {
+        let mut gui = Self {
+            plugins,
+            search: "".to_owned(),
+            images: IconCache::new(),
+            page: Paginator::new(config.rmenu.result_size.clone().unwrap_or(15)),
+            config,
+        };
+        // pre-run empty search to generate cache
+        gui.search();
+        gui
+    }
+
+    // complete search based on current internal search variable
+    fn search(&mut self) {
+        let results = self.plugins.search(&self.search);
+        if results.len() > 0 {
+            load_images(&mut self.images, 20, &results);
+        }
+        self.page.reset(results);
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn keyboard(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+        // tab / ctrl+tab controls
+        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::Tab) {
+            match ctx.input().modifiers.ctrl {
+                true => self.page.focus_up(1),
+                false => self.page.focus_down(1),
+            };
+        }
+        // arrow-key controls
+        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::ArrowUp) {
+            self.page.focus_up(1);
+        }
+        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::ArrowDown) {
+            self.page.focus_down(1)
+        }
+        // pageup / pagedown controls
+        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::PageUp) {
+            self.page.focus_up(5);
+        }
+        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::PageDown) {
+            self.page.focus_down(5);
+        }
+        // exit controls
+        if ctx.input().key_pressed(egui::Key::Escape) {
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl GUI {
+    // implement simple topbar searchbar
+    #[inline]
+    fn simple_search(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+        let size = ui.available_size();
+        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+            ui.spacing_mut().text_edit_width = size.x;
+            let search = egui::TextEdit::singleline(&mut self.search).frame(false);
+            let object = ui.add(search);
+            if object.changed() {
+                self.search();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    // check if results contain any icons at all
+    #[inline]
+    fn has_icons(&self) -> bool {
+        self.page
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|r| r.icon.is_some())
+            .peekable()
+            .peek()
+            .is_some()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn grid_highlight(&self) -> Box<dyn Fn(usize, &egui::Style) -> Option<egui::Rgba>> {
+        let focus = self.page.row_focus();
+        Box::new(move |row, style| {
+            if row == focus {
+                return Some(egui::Rgba::from(style.visuals.faint_bg_color));
+            }
+            None
+        })
+    }
+
+    // implement simple scrolling grid-based results pannel
+    #[inline]
+    fn simple_results(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+        let results = self.page.iter();
+        let has_icons = self.has_icons();
+        egui::Grid::new("results")
+            .with_row_color(self.grid_highlight())
+            .show(ui, |ui| {
+                for record in results {
+                    // render icons (if any were present in set)
+                    if has_icons {
+                        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+                            if let Some(icon) = record.icon.as_ref().into_option() {
+                                if let Ok(image) = self.images.load(&icon) {
+                                    let xy = self.config.rmenu.icon_size;
+                                    image.show_size(ui, egui::vec2(xy, xy));
+                                }
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+                    // render content
+                    ui.label(record.name.as_str());
+                    if let Some(comment) = record.comment.as_ref().into_option() {
+                        ui.label(comment.as_str());
+                    }
+                    ui.end_row();
+                }
+            });
+    }
+}
+
+impl eframe::App for GUI {
+    fn update(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context, _frame: &mut eframe::Frame) {
+        egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ctx, |ui| {
+            self.keyboard(ctx);
+            self.simple_search(ui);
+            self.simple_results(ui);
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/rmenu/src/gui/page.rs b/crates/rmenu/src/gui_old/page.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/rmenu/src/gui/page.rs
rename to crates/rmenu/src/gui_old/page.rs