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
Kvaesitso is my go to. You can make hidden folders by starting the folder name with a period no?
I’ve used KISS before, but moved to Blue Line Console some months ago. I’d say it’s a bit more opinionated and less customizable than KISS but I guess I like the opinions.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.eblan.launcher/ the only launcher on fdroid that is not trying the “declutter” by being an ass text based launcher, or being a laggy mess. finally has icon customisation as well.
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.
Plus 1 for lawnchair
It’s such a shame that still only Nova supports multi-page dock icons and icon swipe gestures 🥲
Launcher314 has a swipeable dock. I use it a few weeks now. Kinda like it. Although it’s in early beta.
Icon swipe gestures is in lawnchair experimental features
Total Launcher has icon swipes.
rocket lawnchair!
Lawnchair is great!
Launcher314 is new and in beta. I’m checking it out for a few weeks and kinda like it.
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.
Tags are great, too.
Kiss launcher is great. Typing and opening an app is much faster than searching for it in the app drawer
I’ve been using the FOSS version of Kvaesitso and I quite like it.
I’m in the same position as you. I’m stuck with nova. I have it firewalled so it doesn’t have network access but I would love to love over to a Foss alternative. Nothing I’ve tried is as customisable and I can’t seem to get things exactly how I like them. neo was close :(
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
I’m using Lawnchair because it allows folders in the app drawer and I fell the need to group apps. Does Murine do this?
Last time I checked, it didn’t
On my previous phone I used KISS, now I use μLauncher which is really similar to KISS but I think I like slightly more
I love KISS.
This is the way.
There are tons of launchers on f-droid. No idea about comparisons.
Fossify Launcher Beta on F-Droid
The only thing missing for me is the ability to customise icons
Minimo launcher is my new fave. Its simple, decreases addiction, and surpasses Olauncher in features.
So… you like it and have no problems with it, but want to change it anyway?
Only because it seems outdated? Aren’t we updating apps regularly also because of security issues?
not if they don’t have any
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
Thank you for mentioning Octopi! This is fantastic!
Yeah I’d say that’s a very sensible reason to change launcher
