I've seen quite a few launchers on F-Droid, but I really fail to see what their advantages over the stock one are. I mean, what can be meaningfully different about arranging apps in a grid? But I guess the existence of so many options goes to show I just don't get the gist of it.

So what launchers actually provide some interesting features that make it worth switching to them?

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I wish Niagara was FOSS and actually let me costumize my home screen without AI bullshit. I just like my alphabetical list.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I think there are a few now... iirc victoria launcher is one of them.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 14 hours ago

I believe all of those new launchers (including Victoria) are vibe coded if the OF doesn't want "aaI bullshit"?

[–] JoKi@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Grace launcher is also very similar to Niagara.

[–] Minnels@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago

Wow. This one is great. Thank you!

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 day ago

Will check that out, hell yeah, thank you

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have AI bullshit on Niagara? I looked around on mine and dont see it. I'll uninstall right away if I see it.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its in their customization options. The built in wallpapers and shit are all AI.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

I dont use those, once I see it in the features like AI chatbots its gonna go. Many of the "Ready Made Themes" are the same images that have been in Niagara since it was in beta. So I dont doubt there are AI themes but many in there are older than AI.

[–] BrilliantBadger@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Minimo launcher is a fantastic foss text based launcher, like Niagara