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Which non-standard / unpopular launcher do you use? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz to c/android@lemmy.world
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Hey c/Android,

We always keep hearing about Nova Launcher, Smart Launcher, Niagara etc, and I wondered how many of us here are using unpopular or underrated launchers.

In my case, I've been using AIO Launcher ever since I got my Fold 4, as it's one of the few launchers that have proper foldable support.

AIO bucks the minimalist trend and instead focuses on an all-in-one approach. It's USP is it's plethora of built-in widgets, including music controls, integrated notifications, emails, RSS feeds, timers, dialer, and more. For advanced users, it allows you to control the launcher via Tasker, and you even create your own widgets using LUA scripts!

So, do you use a non-standard/unpopular launcher, if so, which one and what's your setup like?

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[–] jcruz@lemdro.id 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kvaesitso en fdroid [Kvaesitso](Kvaesitso (A search-focused, free and open source launcher for Android) https://f-droid.org/packages/de.mm20.launcher2.release/)

[–] KiranWells@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Just installed, and now I'm wondering why I've never found this before. Its great - open source, well-designed, and pretty full-featured

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does using the MS launcher count? I'm using it on my work phone, and it's actually a decent launcher.

[–] botengang@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried a couple of others and apart from incredibly slow scrolling in the app drawer it really is decent. I like the tasks and calendar integration a lot.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yea, the productivity side is pretty neat, that's what impressed me too.

[–] vervein@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oLauncher Clutter Free from F-Droid. It's super simple and fast on my aging low end phone. I save every bits of cpu/ram i can.

[–] metaphortune@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hard agree here, it's fantastic.

[–] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've been using Lawnchair for a while, but development is so slow, and they are so consistently behind Android updates, that I think I've given up on custom launchers and will just use the stock AOSP launcher.

It is disappointing, but Google has made it so you don't get the fancy recents carousel unless you use the stock launcher. Lawnchair does support that by pretending to be the stock launcher, but Lawnchair only supports up to Android 12, and Android 14 is about to come out. There hasn't been a hint of Lawnchair even starting development of Android 13 compatibility, so I'm not confident they'll be able to keep up with 14 and beyond.

[–] Katiria24@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's sad cause I really like lawnchair

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago

I use Microsoft's because it is as close to the launcher included with the custom ROM I used on my previous phone, that I can not install on this one.

[–] privsecfoss@feddit.dk 4 points 1 year ago

KISS from f-droid.

[–] subspaceinterferents@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

SquareHome launcher. Emulates the experience of a Windows phone user interface. I've never had a Windows phone, but the functionality was quite appealing, and I've made it my own.

[–] lps2@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lawnchair2

[–] Starfish@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

This. Trusty old lawnchair2. I can group all my apps in folders and have a separate menu for island/shelter apps.

[–] forbiddenlake@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago

This is somewhat unpopular in this crowd, but ever since Nova got bought by an ad company, I use pixel launcher. I don't actually need customization like more apps per row. The default is good enough.

[–] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

"mLauncher" from Fdroid, it is a fork of OlauncherCF

[–] crystal@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Pie Launcher

It's a very simple launcher which makes accessing your favorite applications easy and quick, no matter whether your finger is in the top right or bottom left of your screen.

[–] mosthated@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Discreet Launcher on F-droid.

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Simple Launcher from Simple Mobile Tools.
I generally use their entire suite of apps on every phone I own.
They provide a unified user experience and just the right amount of options for me (which is very few).

[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Pear launcher. Its the closest I could get to my Nova style setup without trackers in the launcher.

[–] SurvivingMu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I use a couple of launchers and there are so many that are unpopular in the lot... Hell even Nova became unpopular in some "circles". So I'm just going to name 3 launchers that I enjoy and that were not mentioned in the comments until now: Indistravtablelauncher, A decluttered launcher and Hyperion launcher

Hyperion just got updated. I started using it because it seemed more customizable than Nova... But then dev got stucked behind and Nova beta at some time was almost adding a new thing every month...