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Introducing Octopi Launcher - Now in Open Beta! (play.google.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi folks,

After numerous feedback and hundreds of changes, I'm happy to share that my project, Octopi Launcher, is ready for open testing.

Below are some key features, with more to come:

Foldables support - have totally different layouts on each screen
(Auto scrolling) widget stacks
Float/ pin a widget on top of home screens
Display drawer icons as tiles
App drawer folders and favorite apps
Assign a nickname to an app (e.g. searching "ff" can instantly launch Firefox)
Launch different apps using swipes on an icon
Icon pack and shortcut support
Resize individual home screen icons
Index bar and reachability mode for drawer
Option to hide status and navigation bars
Notification badges
Private space support
Lock home screen layout
Haptic effects

Shane has also done a video review on a slightly older version, which gives an idea what this launcher can do.

Have a great day!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Hi,

love your launcher @[email protected]

Was a long-time Nova launcher user and made me switch with ease. Even though it does not implement all Nova convenience features it's already so good at this stage that it made the switch worth it. Most stand-out feature for me are stacked widgets that help preserve so much screen space. Using it on two GrapheneOS devices right now. Already sent some support your way.

A few suggestions / observations:

It's understandable if you decide to not open-source it, but would be great to have a central issue tracker for bug reporting / feature requests. Would make your support work easier I guess? Could also involve the community to sort and clean up reports.
One main observation (bug?) that is affecting my experience regularly: Other launchers allow you to open a folder and re-arrange apps by simply dragging and dropping right then and there. Not sure why the launcher insists on going through the dedicated "Arrange items" option to sort apps within a folder.

Feature wishlist:

Would be great if the launcher would read the show / hide private space flag and show / hide private space accordingly in the app drawer.
Add newly installed apps to the home screen automatically.
Might be a very obscure niche thing that does not affect many users: I'm using the PixBit icon set and Nova somehow renders icons that are not available within the icon set with a pixellated custom outline which results in a very cohesive icon experience... even when icons are not available natively. Not sure how they do that, but that's really impressive.
Per-folder setting of "swipe up/down" or "open folder" behavior instead of one global setting

Happy if maybe something gets picked up in the future, but already committed to the launcher as-is anyway. Thank you for your work in any case!