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25 open-source launchers

Open Source Android Launchers

The most popular open-source launchers for Android on GitHub are Kvaesitso, Olauncher and KISS Launcher. appsgit lists 25, 24 of them on F-Droid, each with its license, last commit and store links.

Updated Oct 28, 2026

Open Source Android Launchers

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What are the best open-source launchers?

By GitHub stars, Kvaesitso is the most popular (5,320 stars), followed by Olauncher and KISS Launcher. Each page lists the license, the last commit and the F-Droid, Google Play or App Store link when the project publishes one.

Which of these apps work on iPhone?

None of the 25 listed here has an iOS version that appsgit could confirm from its repository; all 24 run on Android.

Are these apps on F-Droid?

24 of the 25 are on F-Droid, which builds them from source. 22 of those have no anti-features (such as ads, tracking or a non-free network service) flagged by F-Droid; each app page lists any that are.

How are these open-source launchers chosen?

Apps come from the F-Droid index (apps whose source code is on GitHub), GitHub topics such as android-app, flutter-app, ios-app and jetpack-compose, and a short hand-checked list of official apps that are not on F-Droid. An app is listed only if its license is OSI-approved or FSF-free (F-Droid's license first, then GitHub's), the repository has a README and a commit in the last six months and is not archived, and it has 100+ GitHub stars (F-Droid apps) or 300+ stars (everything else). Libraries, SDKs, templates, samples and demo apps are left out. Source-available apps are never listed.