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.
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Launcher314 is new and in beta. I'm checking it out for a few weeks and kinda like it.
There are tons of launchers on f-droid. No idea about comparisons.
Lawnchair is great!
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.
It's such a shame that still only Nova supports multi-page dock icons and icon swipe gestures 🥲
Icon swipe gestures is in lawnchair experimental features
rocket lawnchair!
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
This is the way.
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.
Kiss launcher is great. Typing and opening an app is much faster than searching for it in the app drawer
I use https://github.com/luantak/FokusLauncher and while I don't think it's all that great it hasn't annoyed me into switching back (which is a low bar given how easy it is).
I use Kvaesitso, and it works quite well
the launcher i'm using isnt not foss but i think it was removed from the googleapp store in 2016 :p
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Only because it seems outdated?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?
Yeah I'd say that's a very sensible reason to change launcher
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!
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.
I just using stock LineageOS launcher. Is not this FOSS enough? :)
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
Ah right. It's pretty bare bones :)
Minimo launcher is my new fave. Its simple, decreases addiction, and surpasses Olauncher in features.
Kiss, kvaesto (?), unlauncher.
I've been using unlauncher for about a year or so. It's great.