# Blue Line Console (open-source launcher)

> Blue Line Console is a free, open-source launcher for Android. Keyboard based launcher. It has 285 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

Blue Line Console launches your apps, web search engines, and built in calculator via keyboard. You can launch the desired app quickly with your keyboard everywhere. Just type 2 or 3 characters, and likely you can find the desired app on top of list. You need no configuration to do it (although I prepared some configuration for more comfortable usage). You can start Blue Line Console by pressing once you set this app to default Assist App of Android. You can also start from notification bar, available everywhere (find this option in configuration screen, opened with config command). You can input one of below list to search apps or commands. - Part of application name (e.g.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/nhirokinet/bluelineconsole |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Java |
| GitHub stars | 285 |
| License | Apache-2.0 (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/net.nhiroki.bluelineconsole/ (package net.nhiroki.bluelineconsole) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nhiroki.bluelineconsole |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Launchers & home screens |
| Latest release | v1.2.25 (Mar 6, 2026) |
| Last commit | Jun 10, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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