Olauncher
app.olauncher
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### Are you using your phone, or is your phone using you? Olauncher is a minimal AF Android launcher with just enough features. By the way, AF stands for AdFree. :D 🏆 Olauncher for Android remains the nicest home screen interface of any phone I've ever used. - @DHH https://x.com/dhh/status/1863319491108835825 🏆 Top 10 Android launchers of 2024 - AndroidPolice https://androidpolice.com/best-android-launchers 🏆 8 best minimalist Android launcher - MakeUseOf https://makeuseof.com/best-minimalist-launchers-android/ 🏆 Best Android Launchers (2024) - Tech Spurt https://youtu.be/VI-Vd40vYDE?t=413 🏆 This Android Launcher Helped Me Cut My Phone Use in Half https://howtogeek.com/this-android-launcher-helped-me-cut-my-phone-use-in-half Please check out our **user reviews** to learn more. **FEATURES YOU MIGHT LIKE:** **Minimalist homescreen:** A clean homescreen experience with no icons, ads or any distraction. It helps you reduce your screen time and increase productivity. **Customizations:** Resize text, rename apps, hide unused apps, show or hide the status bar, app text alignments, etc. **Gestures:** Double tap to lock screen. Swipe left or right to open apps. Swipe down for notifications. **Wallpaper:** A beautiful new wallpaper, daily. No one said that a minimalist launcher has to be boring. :) **Privacy:** No data collection. FOSS Android launcher. Open source under GPLv3 license. **Launcher features:** Dark & light themes, dual apps support, work profile support, auto app launch. To maintain the simplicity of such a minimalist launcher, a few niche features are available but hidden. Please visit the **About** page in settings for the complete list. FAQs: **1. Hidden apps** - Long press anywhere on the home screen to open settings. Tap 'Olauncher' on the top to see your hidden apps. **2. Navigation gestures** - Some devices do not support gestures with a downloaded Android launchers. This can only be fixed by your device manufacturer via an update. **3. Wallpapers** - This Android launcher provides a new wallpaper daily. You can also set any wallpaper you want from your phone settings or Gallery/Photos app. Our About page in settings has rest of the FAQs and several other tips to help you make the best usage of Olauncher. Please check it out. Accessibility Service - Our Accessibility Service is used exclusively to let you turn off your phone's screen with a double-tap gesture. It is optional, disabled by default and doesn't collect or share any data. P.S. Thank you for checking out the description till the end. Only a few very special people do that. Take care! ❤️
First release: Mar 6, 2025, 10 total releases.
Most recent release: Sep 17, 2026.
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Releases
- Sep 17, 2026 v6.9.17## What's new * Replaced the hand-rolled settings popups with real popup menus and dialogs * The screen behind dialogs is now blurred, fading in and out with them * Added 10 new languages: Czech, Danish, Greek, Finnish, Hindi, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Romanian, Thai, Vietnamese (#733 — thanks @jester-sys!) * Fixed and completed translations for all locales * Disabled the dependency info block in builds (no more Google-encrypted blob in the APK) and added an IzzyOnDroid badge **Full changelog**: https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/compare/v6.9.1...v6.9.17
- Sep 14, 2026 v6.9.1* New: Option for bold font 🎉 * New: Disabled animations for e-ink displays * Improved PWA shortcut handling (by @d3vv3) * Fixed theme change issue on adaptive refresh rate displays * Added missing translations to all languages * Added Korean translation **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/compare/v6.7.19...v6.9.1
- Jul 5, 2026 v6.7.1## What's new: * Improved pinyin search * Improved app search by handling special characters * Fixed - uninstall and app-info for work profile apps * Fixed - auto launch not working with SwiftKey keyboard
- Apr 9, 2026 v6.4.2## What's new: * Fixed: PWA support * Private space support for Android 15+ * Disabled animations for e-ink displays (<30 Hz refresh rate)
- Mar 31, 2026 v6.3.15## What's new: * Private space support for Android 15+ * Disabled animations for e-ink displays (<30 Hz refresh rate) **Landscape mode:** `Olauncher-L- .apk` supports landscape mode on all devices. `Olauncher- .apk` supports landscape mode **only** on large screens (tablets and foldables), same as if installed from Play Store or F-Droid. **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/compare/v6.3.14...v6.3.15
- Mar 20, 2026 v6.3.14## What's Changed * New gesture - Press Home to show recent apps! * New: Long press on the screen-time to select which app to open * Fixed: Occasionally wrong screen time * Fixed: App drawer top margin for smaller screens * Fixed: Apps on homescreen not opening right after updating * Fixed: Apps not opening from the homescreen if they change their app icon (Duolingo will work now)
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**Landscape mode:** `Olauncher-L- .apk` supports landscape mode on all devices. `Olauncher- .apk` supports landscape mode **only** on large screens (tablets and foldables), same as if installed from Play Store or F-Droid. - Feb 18, 2026 v6.2.18## What's Changed * Pinned Shortcut support (for example: PWA / Shortcuts to browser) by @eXaLy in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/682 * Added a dutch localization for the app. by @jaccovdalfsen in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/662 * Changed Delete button label to Uninstall by @RaghavSharma1938 in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/618 ## New Contributors * @eXaLy made their first contribution in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/682 * @jaccovdalfsen made their first contribution in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/662 * @RaghavSharma1938 made their first contribution in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/618
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**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/compare/v5.3.4...v6.2.18 - ## What's Changed * fix: screen time by @J-cart in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/659 * Refine some strings in the Hungarian translation by @picimako in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/591 * Updated Turkish strings.xml by @benegehankara in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/650 * Hebrew Localization by @omeritzics in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/633 * initial fastlane structures from IzzyOnDroid by @IzzySoft in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/636 ## New Contributors * @benegehankara made their first contribution in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/650 * @omeritzics made their first contribution in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/633
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* @IzzySoft made their first contribution in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/636 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/compare/v5.3.2...v5.3.4 Landscape mode: `Olauncher-L- .apk` supports landscape mode on all devices. `Olauncher- .apk` supports landscape mode **only** on large screens (tablets and foldables), same as if installed from Play Store or F-Droid. - ## What's Changed * fix: screen time by @J-cart in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/659 * Refine some strings in the Hungarian translation by @picimako in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/591 * Updated Turkish strings.xml by @benegehankara in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/650 * Hebrew Localization by @omeritzics in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/633 * initial fastlane structures from IzzyOnDroid by @IzzySoft in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/636 ## New Contributors * @benegehankara made their first contribution in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/650 * @omeritzics made their first contribution in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/633
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* @IzzySoft made their first contribution in https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/pull/636 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher/compare/v5.3.2...v5.3.3 Landscape mode: `Olauncher-L- .apk` supports landscape mode on all devices. `Olauncher- .apk` supports landscape mode **only** on large screens (tablets and foldables), same as if installed from Play Store or F-Droid. - ### What's new: * Improved screen time calculations Landscape mode: `Olauncher-L- .apk` supports landscape mode on all devices. `Olauncher- .apk` supports landscape mode **only** on large screens (tablets and foldables), same as if installed from Play Store or F-Droid.