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Escape Launcher

Escape Launcher is a free, open-source launcher for Android. Minimalist home screen with features to help reduce phone distraction. It has 462 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

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About Escape Launcher

Escape Launcher is a minimalist home screen launcher app with features to help with phone and social media distractions. Features: * Screen time tracking * Support for work apps (Android 15+) * Support for private space (Android 15+) * Colour themes * Fonts * Weather * Search * Widgets * Double tap to lock * Hide apps * Countdown before opening apps you choose * You can disable the screen time dashboard * Customisable alignments, positioning of items * Fuzzy find in search

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds Escape Launcher from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.

No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.

Screenshots

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Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.

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FAQ

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Is Escape Launcher free and open source?

Yes. Escape Launcher's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.

How do I install Escape Launcher?

You can install Escape Launcher from F-Droid (package com.geecee.escapelauncher); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.3.1).

Is Escape Launcher still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Jan 11, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.