Open-source launcher without drawer?

tias, 2 months ago

An iOS styled drawer that is styled according to Material You? This seems contradictory.

ScottE, 2 months ago

Just don’t open the drawer if you don’t want the drawer - doesn’t that make the most sense versus looking for something with few features? Never look to Apple for the right answer - that is always a good place to start.

Nova launcher lets you customize how the app drawer is opened - so you can turn off gesture opening via one of the other options. Nova is a great launcher, I switched to the paid version a couple of years back and found it to be my favorite. I just wish they’d launch Nova 8 which has been in beta for 2 years already.

TheAnonymouseJoker, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Well, Nova is not open source, and Nova 8 is not exactly the thing I like. Too feature stripped and Nova is now owned by an ad company. I still stick to Nova 6, very stable.

owen, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Lawnchair is tile based like ios and open source

TheAnonymouseJoker, 2 months ago

Would it not be easier to find a launcher that allows toggling app drawer?

JackGreenEarth, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

A FOSS alternative to dynamic island at least is Smart Edge from F-Droid, but it doesn’t work so well, and isn’t exactly what you’re looking for.

JackGreenEarth, 2 months ago

Are there any open source iOS launchers at all? I haven’t found any.

Midnitte, 2 months ago

They want a launcher that works like iOS for Android, not an iOS launcher.

Maybe Bliss?

JackGreenEarth, 2 months ago

Sorry, I knew what they meant, I just expressed it wrong. I’ve been using DNA launcher from Aurora with Dynamic Spot from the same and ‘Launcher iOS16 - Launcher’, but they’re all proprietary.