diff --git a/rofi_menu/contrib/__init__.py b/rofi_menu/contrib/__init__.py
index cfdc8c1..01f3cc3 100644
--- a/rofi_menu/contrib/__init__.py
+++ b/rofi_menu/contrib/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .monitor import SecondMonitorMenu
 from .shell import ShellItem
 from .touchpad import TouchpadItem
+from .desktopentry import DesktopEntry
diff --git a/rofi_menu/contrib/desktopentry.py b/rofi_menu/contrib/desktopentry.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..98cc185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rofi_menu/contrib/desktopentry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import re, configparser, os, sys
+from rofi_menu.menu import Menu, NestedMenu, BackItem
+from .shell import ShellItem
+
+class DesktopEntry (ShellItem):
+	def __init__(self, path, term_exec='rofi-sensible-terminal -e', verbosity=0, use_keywords=True, **kwargs):
+		cfgparser = configparser.ConfigParser( interpolation=None)
+		cfgparser.read( path)
+		if "Desktop Entry" in cfgparser.sections():
+			self._path = path
+			cf_app = cfgparser['Desktop Entry']
+			try:
+				self._genname = cf_app.get( 'GenericName', None)
+				self._comment = cf_app.get( 'Comment', None)
+				self._name = cf_app['Name']
+				self._execraw = cf_app['Exec']
+				self._exec = re.sub( r'\s+%[a-zA-Z]', "", self._execraw)
+				self._terminal =  cf_app.getboolean( "Terminal", False)
+				if self._terminal:
+					self._exec = f'{term_exec} \'{self._exec}\''
+				self._icon = cf_app.get( "Icon", None)
+				if self._icon:
+					kwargs.update( icon=self._icon)
+				self._type = cf_app.get('Type', None)
+				if self._type is None or self._type != 'Application':
+					raise SyntaxWarning(f'DesktopEntry is not of type Application ({self._type})')
+				if "Categories" in cf_app:
+					self._categories = [c for c in cf_app["Categories"].split(';') if c and len( c) > 0]
+				else:
+					self._categories = None
+				if "Keywords" in cf_app:
+					self._keywords = [c for c in cf_app["Keywords"].split(';') if c and len( c) > 0]
+				else:
+					self._keywords = None
+				title_tmp = [ self._name ]
+				if verbosity > 0 and self._genname:
+					title_tmp.append( f' <span size=\'smaller\'>({self._genname})</span>')
+				if verbosity > 1 and self._comment:
+					title_tmp.append( f' <span size=\'smaller\'>[{self._comment}]</span>')
+				self._title = "".join( title_tmp)
+				self._searchable_text = f'{self._name} {" ".join( self._keywords) if use_keywords and self._keywords else ""}'
+				kwargs.update( searchable_text=self._searchable_text)
+			except KeyError as ke:
+				raise SyntaxWarning( "missing keyword: {}".format( ke))
+			super().__init__( text=self._title, command=self._exec, **kwargs)
+		else:
+			raise SyntaxWarning( "no [Desktop Entry] section in file")
+	
+	def __repr__( self):
+		return f'name: {self._name} genname: {self._genname} execraw: [{self._execraw}] exec: [{self._exec}] icon: {self._icon} categories: {"|".join( self._categories)}'
+	
+	def __str__( self):
+		return self._title
+
+	def clone( self):
+		obj = self.__class__( self._path)
+		obj.__dict__.update( self.__dict__)
+		return obj
+
+def _get_files_dir( paths):
+	fpatt = re.compile( r'.*\.desktop$')
+	allfiles = []
+	for fpath in paths:
+		for root, dirs, filenames in os.walk( fpath, followlinks=True):
+			for f in filenames:
+				if fpatt.match( f):
+					allfiles.append( os.path.join(root, f))
+	return allfiles
+
+def create_appmenu_flat( paths, prompt=None, verbosity=1, sort=True, **kwargs):
+#	sys.stderr.write( f'AppMenu: {len( dfiles)} files\n')
+	_items = []
+	for f in _get_files_dir( paths):
+		_items.append( DesktopEntry( f, verbosity=verbosity, **kwargs))
+	items = sorted( _items, key=lambda it: it._name.casefold()) if sort else _items
+	return Menu( prompt=prompt, items=items)
+
+
+def create_appmenu_categories( paths, prompt=None, verbosity=1, sort=True, cat_whitelist = None, include_uncategorized = True, **kwargs):
+	_items = []
+	for f in _get_files_dir( paths):
+		_items.append( DesktopEntry( f, verbosity=verbosity, **kwargs))
+	items = sorted( _items, key=lambda it: it._name.casefold()) if sort else _items
+	allcats = [ (i, i._categories) for i in items if i._categories]
+	allcats_sort = sorted( { item for sublist in allcats if sublist[1] for item in sublist[1]})
+	catdict = { cat: [] for cat in allcats_sort if not cat_whitelist or cat in cat_whitelist}
+	for k,v in catdict.items():
+		for i in allcats:
+			if k in i[1]:
+				v.append( i[0])
+	if include_uncategorized:
+		uitems = [ i for i in items if not i._categories]
+		if len( uitems) > 0:
+			catdict['(Uncategorized)'] = uitems
+	menuitems = []
+	for k, v in catdict.items():
+		menuitems.append( Menu( prompt=k, items=[ BackItem()] + v))
+	nested = [ NestedMenu( text=f'{mi.prompt} >', menu=mi) for mi in menuitems]
+	return Menu( prompt=prompt, items=nested)