MinkLauncher OpenSource

com.katoaapps.openminilaunch
by Zapstore _@zapstore.dev

A minimal, keyboard-first Android home-screen launcher

Republished from GitHub / F-Droid by the Zapstore main account.

MinkLauncher OpenSource is a focused Android home-screen launcher and keyboard-first assistant designed around fast input and low visual noise. The responsive Home panel combines MinkSpace Mini-Apps with eight configurable icon shortcuts. Swipe vertically between To-dos, Calculator, selected Media, and Android’s active Music session. To-dos stay enabled, while other mini-apps can be enabled and arranged in Settings. Swipe horizontally inside a mini-app to move through its own pages. Home slots and the compact drawer can open apps or actions published by apps, while every personal app remains one keyboard search away. Work Apps use a separate badged drawer. Android 15 Private Space apps stay in their own locked container outside regular search, shortcuts, and See All; supported device-maker private areas can be opened through an optional gateway without exposing their contained apps to MinkLauncher. Appearance settings can use Mink’s monochrome treatment, original app icons, or an installed Nova/ADW-compatible icon pack. Icon-pack mappings and previews are read locally, and apps not covered by the selected pack retain their original icon. On a physical-keyboard phone, just start typing from Home. The already-focused Magic Box appears with the first character preserved; no tap is required. It can also open over another app when MinkLauncher OpenSource is selected as Android’s assistant. Magic Box commands: • @ — choose a contact, then send carrier SMS or hand the message to an integrated messaging app • # — choose a contact, confirm, then call or choose a calling provider • - — add an internal to-do • / — create a multiline note through an installed notes app • + — create a calendar event • ? — find and immediately launch an installed app • * — hand a multiline prompt to the selected AI provider • Plain text — search local filenames, open a web search, or hand the query to a selected compatible AI app On Android 11 or newer, App Bubbles (Beta) can try to open a personal app in Android’s notification bubble stack. Long-press a Magic Box app result for one launch or choose automatic apps in Settings. Compatibility is controlled by Android and the target app, so unsupported apps may open normally instead. To-dos can be added, checked, edited, confirmed before deletion, and reordered by drag. Local file results are grouped into photos, videos, documents, and audio, with thumbnails where Android provides them. Document search uses only folders you explicitly select through Android's system folder picker. Optional spaces remain one swipe away: • Conversations groups active Android message and email notifications into compact threads. Inline reply is offered only when the originating app supplies Android’s reply action, and content remains transient in memory. • Mink’s Day measures foreground time and launch counts for the Android Social-category apps or custom apps the user chooses to include. Set a collective limit from 0 to 23 whole hours, then pause those apps in MinkLauncher all the time, only after the limit, or never. Paused apps are hidden from Magic Box and app drawers while shortcut tiles remain visible with a reminder. This is a launcher barrier, not a system app suspension or parental-control feature. Other apps never enter Mink’s Day totals. • Widgets hosts up to eight Android widgets with grouped provider previews, correct responsive sizing, reordering, and removal. MinkSpace details: • Calculator accepts touch or physical-keyboard input and keeps a clearable local history • Media Lab uses Android’s picker for specific images, GIFs, and videos; it stores references rather than copying or uploading the original files • Music uses optional Notification access to read Android’s active media session and sends only controls advertised by the provider; it does not record audio or keep listening history When another app requests Add to Home screen, MinkLauncher can place its shortcut in a Home slot or Top 8. Choose

First release: Aug 16, 2026, 16 total releases.

Most recent release: Oct 29, 2026.

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Releases

  • Oct 29, 2026 3.1.1
    Open 3.1.1 improves visual consistency, language handling, and access to Android settings without changing the OpenSource product identity. - **Mink and system palettes:** Appearance settings now let you choose the intentional Mink color palette or Android's dynamic system colors on Android 12 and newer. The choice is included in backups, while older backups continue to import with Mink as the safe default. - **Geist typography:** Mink's default interface typeface is now Geist, with a matching monospace family and bundled open-source license information. - **Consistent app surfaces:** Home, Settings, the app drawer, dialogs, and secondary activities now share the same color and typography foundation. - **Reliable language switching:** The launcher entry point is separated from the Home activity so changing the app language no longer crashes the launcher. Indonesian resources now use Android's supported `in` qualifier and load correctly. - **System Settings shortcut:** Settings > More now includes a direct link to Android's system settings. - **OpenSource identity preserved:** User-facing OpenSource naming remains unchanged while the internal theme architecture is normalized for future development. No new permissions, network services, or data collection are introduced in this release. Backup schema version 3 remains unchanged and compatible with existing backups.
  • Oct 25, 2026 3.1.0
    Open 3.1.0 makes MinkSpace a cleaner platform for focused Mini-Apps and moves the virtual contact card into the stack. - **A dedicated Mini-Apps section:** Enable or disable Mini-Apps, drag them into order, and open each app's own settings from one focused Settings tab. - **vCard in MinkSpace:** The compact card keeps your photo, name, company, bio, and links close by. Expand it to reveal the QR code, then tap the code for its full-screen sharing view. Moving vCard into MinkSpace also frees its former fixed Home shortcut. - **A consistent expansion model:** Mini-Apps now declare their capabilities through a common MinkSpace contract. Apps can request compact or expanded presentation, MinkSpace supplies the standard expansion action when requested, and every expanded app retains a host-owned close control. - **Improved widget behavior:** A collapsed widget opens its provider app, while expansion exposes the interactive widget surface. Widget replacement remains with the Widget Mini-App rather than the MinkSpace shell. - **Better physical-keyboard input:** MinkPad now translates local Alt/Sym layers on compact QWERTY phones before sending HID input. Number-layer keys were verified on both Android and macOS without leaking the host's Alt modifier. - **Clearer contributor architecture:** Built-in Mini-Apps now use the same manifest, registry, scope, and presentation APIs, with updated documentation and contract tests for future contributions. MinkSpace remains an on-device launcher surface. The vCard stays encrypted locally, and the MinkPad input fix does not record or upload typed text.
  • Oct 21, 2026 3.0.0
    Open 3.0.0 makes MinkLauncher a more complete keyboard-first home and introduces MinkPad. - **MinkPad:** Turn an Android 9 or newer phone into a Bluetooth keyboard, trackpad, media controller, or TV remote. Pair and switch between saved receiving devices, tune pointer and scrolling behavior, use hardware or software text input, and keep input on the direct Bluetooth connection. - **More flexible MinkSpace:** Add an Android widget as a mini-app, replace or configure it without leaving Home, enter interaction mode for nested widget controls, choose and reorder every mini-app, or open To-dos directly when its mini-app is hidden. - **A new Settings layout:** Compact devices use bottom sections while tablets and foldables use a two-pane section menu. Nested pages keep a predictable Back stack, and Settings remains available in Recents while it is open. - **More appearance control:** Choose from sixteen bundled wallpapers, keep a personal photo ready for reuse, adjust launcher font size and color live, import a local `.ttf` or `.otf` font, and keep Mink icon colors beside the icon choice they affect. - **Keyboard and device fixes:** Hardware hotkeys better survive keyboard auto-spacing and correction, Zinwa-style directional trackpads move through the app alphabet, large system fonts no longer hide widget confirmation controls, and wallpaper and widget replacement flows refresh more reliably. - **A much smaller install:** Optimized bundled wallpapers and release shrinking substantially reduce the APK and installed code footprint without lowering wallpaper resolution. MinkPad temporarily adds `Pro Controller - MinkPad` to the phone's normal Bluetooth name while a session is active and restores the original name when the session ends. Existing Bluetooth accessories can disconnect or compete for the radio during a session. Nearby-device discovery runs only when the user requests it, and MinkLauncher does not save typed text, pointer coordinates, or scan results.
  • Oct 2, 2026 2.0.0
    Open 2.0.0 turns the Home panel into MinkSpace and gives personal, work, and private apps clearer boundaries. - **MinkSpace Mini-Apps:** Swipe vertically between To-dos, Calculator, selected Media, and Android’s active Music session. To-dos remain enabled; the other mini-apps can be enabled and reordered in Settings. - **App Bubbles (Beta):** Long-press a personal-app result or choose automatic apps in Settings to try opening compatible apps in Android’s bubble stack. Compatibility remains controlled by Android and the target app. - **Work Apps and Privacy Space:** Work-profile apps have a separate badged drawer. Android 15 Private Space stays outside ordinary search, shortcuts, Top 8, and See All, with optional gateways for supported device-maker private areas. - **Messaging and keyboard refinements:** Nextcloud Talk can surface recent conversations published by the app, first-match Enter actions are faster, and large-display Home layouts are more comfortable. - **Portable backups:** Backups now preserve MinkSpace order and enablement while remaining readable by OpenMink 1.5.5. Older versions ignore the new MinkSpace block. Calculator history, selected media and URI grants, active media sessions, Work and Privacy Space state, device gateways, and active bubble notifications remain device-local. App Bubbles requests Android’s ordinary notification permission only when the feature needs to publish a requested bubble. Music reuses the optional Notification access already explained for Conversations so it can query Android’s active media sessions; MinkLauncher does not record audio or keep listening history.
  • Sep 27, 2026 1.5.4
  • Sep 26, 2026 1.5.5
    Open 1.5.5 improves the Virtual Contact Card, large-display Settings, and release handoffs. - Contact photos now remain valid for Compose to draw after loading, fixing the crash that could occur when showing a vCard with a selected photo. - A new optional **Show values on card** setting displays selected link names and values on the Home vCard. The preference remains encrypted with the card and is preserved by portable backup. - Settings now follows the optional two-panel layout on eligible tablets and unfolded foldables: sections remain visible beside one active detail page, while deeper navigation stays within that detail pane. - Update prompts now offer separate GitHub and F-Droid routes and explain that F-Droid publication may arrive later. Both release pages are also available directly from About. This update adds no new runtime permission prompt.
  • Sep 19, 2026 1.5.3
  • Sep 14, 2026 1.5.2
  • Sep 12, 2026 1.5.0
  • Aug 30, 2026 1.3.5
  • Aug 29, 2026 1.3.0
  • Aug 27, 2026 1.2.4
  • Aug 27, 2026 1.2.2
  • Aug 26, 2026 1.2.1
  • Aug 21, 2026 1.0.0
  • Aug 16, 2026 0.5.0