Lawnchair is great. I was able to 100% replicate what I had with Nova.

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/app.lawnchair

No trackers.

I've been using KISS launcher and I'm really happy with it. It takes some getting used to though, as it has a different search based approach.

I've been using the FOSS version of Kvaesitso and I quite like it.

1. Kvaesitso
2. Lawnchair
3. Murine
4. Ion Launcher

I've been testing new launchers, and since most are unfortunately just text based or "minimalist", your options are limited.

Lawnchair and Kvaesisto just works at least on my phone. Search on lawnchair wasn't great. Murine is the one I'm trying and seems to be one of the better ones in the new set.

You can try Launcher314, but it's choppy on my phone, almost like the app drawer scrolling is below 60Hz.

Another one I used was Yagni, but it's in Alpha stage. And the dev kept renaming the project so often it got confusing

On my previous phone I used KISS, now I use μLauncher which is really similar to KISS but I think I like slightly more

So... you like it and have no problems with it, but want to change it anyway?

I tried the Fossify launcher today and gave up pretty quickly. Feels like it doesn't have anywhere near enough settings, has zero documentation, and aesthetically leaves something to be desired.

Minimo launcher is my new fave. Its simple, decreases addiction, and surpasses Olauncher in features.

There are tons of launchers on f-droid. No idea about comparisons.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.eblan.launcher/ the only launcher on fdroid that is not trying the "declutter" by being an ass text based launcher, or being a laggy mess. finally has icon customisation as well.

Kiss, kvaesto (?), unlauncher.

I've been using unlauncher for about a year or so. It's great.

I use https://github.com/luantak/FokusLauncher and while I don't think it's all that great it hasn't annoyed me into switching back (which is a low bar given how easy it is).

I'm in the same position as you. I'm stuck with nova. I have it firewalled so it doesn't have network access but I would love to love over to a Foss alternative. Nothing I've tried is as customisable and I can't seem to get things exactly how I like them. neo was close :(

I just using stock LineageOS launcher. Is not this FOSS enough? :)

Lawnchair is great!

Fossify Launcher Beta on F-Droid

The only thing missing for me is the ability to customise icons

the launcher i'm using isnt not foss but i think it was removed from the googleapp store in 2016 :p

Kvaesitso is my go to. You can make hidden folders by starting the folder name with a period no?

I've used KISS before, but moved to Blue Line Console some months ago. I'd say it's a bit more opinionated and less customizable than KISS but I guess I like the opinions.

if it works, there's no problem in continuing its usage

not foss but i still run adw launcher ex 1.3.3.9