µLauncher

Name: µLauncher
Rating: 5 (37 reviews)
Author: jrpie

By: jrpie

Launch apps by swiping or pressing buttons. Replaces the home screen.

Features & Capabilities

uLauncher replaces the home screen. Unlike classical home screens,
there is no grid of app icons, but apps can be launched by certain swipe gestures or by pressing buttons. Pressing <back> opens a searchable list of apps.

The source code is available at https://github.com/jrpie/Launcher . uLauncher is a fork of finnmglas's app Launcher (https://github.com/finnmglas/launcher ).

There are currently issues getting the latest update approved by Google. Publishing on Google Play is a miserable experience. Note that I am developing this app in my free time for no profit. I'd rather spent that time developing features than with Google's bureaucracy.

Consider downloading uLauncher from the free and open source repository F-Droid to get the latest version: https://s.jrpie.de/launcher-fdroid

In order to lock the screen, an accessibility service can be activated. This is entirely optional. uLauncher will only use the accessibility service to lock the screen. uLauncher will never share any data.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

jrpie

Downloads:

1,259 12

Rating:

5.00

(37) 2 new ratings

Version:

0.2.11 Last updated: 2026-03-09

Version code:

Creation date:

2024-07-08

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES Very high risk
android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES High risk
android.permission.ACCESS_HIDDEN_PROFILES Moderate risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR Safe
de.jrpie.android.launcher.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Size:

4.97MB

Email:

an*****@jrpie.de

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-21

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 1,032,589 ▼ 868

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Developed by:

jrpie

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.jrpie.android.launcher

Email:

an*****@jrpie.de

Website:

https://github.com/jrpie/Launcher

User Reviews

I dropped the Nova launcher I've used since forever in favor of μ, which has the simplicity of text based launchers but retains the icons. Apps can be hidden, launched with one of 22 gestures, and/or accessed from a swiftly scrolled list that I can give a transparent background through to the wallpaper — my priority. Tiny size, low battery use, and my system font. Perfect.

Ra*****, 2024-10-15

Update: Great minimal launcher. It has a good user interface and also keeping a minimal look. First time I found it at f-droid and by little digging I found at play store. It has very helpful features. But I found a bug (Or function idk ) where if you press this (🔺) button on navigation bar it opens all apps. It's it because I don't want to use time wasting app . So , Devs can just add a feature to hide apps and hide app icons (both) . And there should be a feature to see phone uses in home :)