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Kevin Barry, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts. (lemmy.world)
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After Working on it alone for a year, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher Kevin Barry has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts. More Info: https://teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.html

However I was ultimately asked to stop working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing effort. Nova Launcher has been an incredible project and has an incredible community. I'm grateful for the years of support, feedback, and enthusiasm. Kevin Barry September 6, 2025
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[–] 84 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Everyone knew Nova was dead once it was sold. Surprised old mate held on this long.

Still haven't found a replacement launcher that matches all it's functionality.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    KISS launcher is FOSS and a bit different, but many ex. Nova users flocked to it after it was bought.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I was already a long time KISS launcher user after the sale (long time nova user)

    Recently discovered Kvaesitso and I have fully switched! It is just a bit more featureful than KISS while still being very clean and now when people use my phone for something, they can actually find apps too which is nice.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I never used nova, but I'm so used to KISS now, it's the first thing I install on a new phone. It's also funny to lend the phone to someone, because nobody understands it as it's very different (especially how I set it up).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Same. I really need padding adjustments for my custom home screen, and I haven't seen anything else that lets you remove widget padding and adjust padding around each home screen page and the dock :/

    And the ability to set my own widget as the persistent search bar widget.

    I guess when I get tired of my current setup and start reworking it maybe I'll just blow it all up and start over with another launcher and work within their constraints.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Padding and grid / snap to half-grid makes it so easy to get things lined up exactly how you like.

    I also like having slide actions on the dock... I have a phone icon. If you tap on it, it opens a folder with my most common 9'ish contacts as direct dials. If I slide up on it, it opens the phone app. Repeat for other icons on the dock and you get over a dozen potential actions from 4 icons.

    Not sure if anything else offers this.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Yep. I forgot, I really need snap to half grid too.

    And actively use swipe actions on app icons.

    Things are super messy cause I haven't finished updating stuff after changing phones and a couple things are broken while I make changes, but I can't do this with any other launcher, sadly

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I can't tell if I love or hate the way your phone looks lol... It looks chaotic af

    Edit: It looks like the gui of your character's in-game PDA device in an indie sci-fi game

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Lol, that's okay, it's very much to my own preference, and it's a lot less overstimulating when you're the one who placed everything and labored over every little corner. A lot of it is designed to help me stay on top of managing my sleep disorder

    Styling-wise it's inspired by the in-show ui elements from cowboy bebop, and some typography from ghost in the shell

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