Since the news about the dev crew being minimized for Nova launcher I started looking for real and good replacement solution.
Any idea for a seriously good replacement?
The only thing I found so far that seems to be maintained still is Total launcher
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I personaly switched to using “Kvaesitso” from f-droid.
Its kinda an unique looking launcher.
Have you already faced any disadvantages using Nova?
For me, it’s still working fine.
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No, love it and I use since my first Galaxy S1, I guess it was the second app (Prime) I bought for Android.
I just want to be prepared in case the one man dev cannot cope with the requests from the users or in case the one person gives up at a certain point in time
My favorites are Neo Launcher (a lot of features) & Fast Draw (minimalistic but very user friendly), both are open source.
Lawnchair if they ever bother releasing a stable version again.
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for those unaware, like me until 3 minutes ago: Nearly everyone working on Nova Launcher has been laid off - The Verge
and a statement from the main dev: State of Nova Launcher | Nova Launcher
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I use Microsoft launcher. I am happy about it.
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People on the ars technica discussion about Nova were enthusiastic about https://niagaralauncher.app/, so that’s my replacement choice right now.
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Yup I’ve been using this for the past few months. I bought the paid version even! It works great and it has everything I’d ever want from a launcher.
I tried KISS Launcher several years ago and it works perfectly for me.
Very simple, fast and I have 5 favorites.
The rest is just an easy search away.
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I’m also very happy with Niagara. I would not say it’s a direct replacement for Nova – I assume someone using Nova will like the stock-but-better experience, and Niagara very much has its own character.
But yes, would fully recommend giving Niagara a spin! This is my setup:
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