i use Kvaesito Launcher though i've used Nova Launcher before.

Not FOSS, but the one that got me to let go of Nova was Octopi Launcher.

Very close to a drop in replacement, brings most of the features and customizability that I got very used to.

I'm still waiting for a FOSS launcher to add padding adjustments for the home screen, widgets, and dock, half grid snapping, allowing overlap, and setting any widget as a search bar

And maybe other stuff. Still really sad Nova fell into this state, I genuinely depend on settings that are exclusive to it

I'll probably just be using Nova with network connectivity disabled for some time to come. Maybe when I blow up my home screen setup and start over I'll try to work within the constraints of another launcher :/

I'm forever on Nova 7.0.58. The ship has been sinking for some time now.

Lawnchair isn't bad if you like the stock Pixel launcher.

I am currently using Nova with internet access blocked. There is one feature no other launcher I have ever used has that Nova does: swiping on an icon on the homescreen up or down allows to launch a different app or activity.

I want to find an open source replacement but no matter what launcher I find, they all lack this feature.

Stupid question, but I've never used any of the Android launchers: what are people using them for? What do they do that makes them worth using over the stock interface?

You shouldn’t be using android anyway, it’s google influenced. You can’t degoogle fully while using anything google influencies, which includes chromium/blink. …..this also includes electron and its apps (sorry)