foss launcher for phones (lemmy.zip)

submitted 12 hours ago by selfmate@lemmy.zip to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Is there a good launcher with a newer release than 2022 like neo launcher?

Neo launcher works, I experience no bugs but it feels odd to have such an old launcher running.

Kvaesito is great but follows a slightly different paradigm and neo has "hidden" folders which are amazing

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[-] solbt@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm running this one, it's pretty good

[-] hepp3n@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

I just using stock LineageOS launcher. Is not this FOSS enough? :)

[-] selfmate@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

Is probably the same as / like the one on gos. It is good, it works but it has no cover folders which is a really neat functionality

[-] hepp3n@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Ah right. It's pretty bare bones :)

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Minimo launcher is my new fave. Its simple, decreases addiction, and surpasses Olauncher in features.

[-] iByteABit@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

On my previous phone I used KISS, now I use μLauncher which is really similar to KISS but I think I like slightly more

[-] Maerman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

This is the way.

[-] PandaInSpace@kbin.earth 7 points 8 hours ago

I've been testing new launchers, and since most are unfortunately just text based or "minimalist", your options are limited.

Lawnchair and Kvaesisto just works at least on my phone. Search on lawnchair wasn't great. Murine is the one I'm trying and seems to be one of the better ones in the new set.

You can try Launcher314, but it's choppy on my phone, almost like the app drawer scrolling is below 60Hz.

Another one I used was Yagni, but it's in Alpha stage. And the dev kept renaming the project so often it got confusing

[-] nfms@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm using Lawnchair because it allows folders in the app drawer and I fell the need to group apps. Does Murine do this?

[-] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

the launcher i'm using isnt not foss but i think it was removed from the googleapp store in 2016 :p

[-] ropatrick@lemmy.world 27 points 11 hours ago

Lawnchair is great. I was able to 100% replicate what I had with Nova.

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/app.lawnchair

No trackers.

[-] zeezee@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 hours ago

It's such a shame that still only Nova supports multi-page dock icons and icon swipe gestures 🥲

[-] sompreno@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Icon swipe gestures is in lawnchair experimental features

[-] bad1080@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago

rocket lawnchair!

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 hours ago

I've been using the FOSS version of Kvaesitso and I quite like it.

[-] whatsgoingdom@rollenspiel.forum 9 points 10 hours ago

I've been using KISS launcher and I'm really happy with it. It takes some getting used to though, as it has a different search based approach.

[-] Skyrocket0006@feddit.nl 5 points 9 hours ago

Kiss launcher is great. Typing and opening an app is much faster than searching for it in the app drawer

[-] morto@piefed.social 6 points 12 hours ago

So... you like it and have no problems with it, but want to change it anyway?

[-] selfmate@lemmy.zip 5 points 12 hours ago

Only because it seems outdated? Aren't we updating apps regularly also because of security issues?

[-] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 hours ago

Yeah I'd say that's a very sensible reason to change launcher

[-] lime@feddit.nu 8 points 12 hours ago

not if they don't have any

[-] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 5 points 12 hours ago

I mean, neo launcher also has many breaking bugs, eg deleting all your widgets if you change anything at all.

All of the FOSS launchers I have tried are either missing features I use, or are buggy and have no releases in years.

I finally just gave in and got octopi launcher, because at least it has swipe gesture actions on folders, which I got very used to with nova launcher

[-] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 hours ago

I tried the Fossify launcher today and gave up pretty quickly. Feels like it doesn't have anywhere near enough settings, has zero documentation, and aesthetically leaves something to be desired.