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Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data
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this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2026
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Somebody please give me a lightweight alternative.
Had the pro version for years. I dont want niagra or lawnchair. The pixel launcher sucks.
I have been enjoying octopi launcher. Has pretty much the same as nova for settings and shortcuts.
It's made some pretty significant additions lately that makes it a viable replacement for Nova.
Oh wow. Octopi has free placement of widgets and icons. I'm sold.
Go foss to avoid further enshittification.
My fav: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fossify.home
KISS launcher. It's the lightest weight option I know of. It also is the only one with a half decent dock. For some fucking reason every modern launcher has decided docks suck.
Try Octopi Launcher. The menus are different, but you can customize I'd say 85-90% identical to anything you could do in Nova. I duplicated my entire setup and it feels 90% the same.
Smart launcher will let you import your nova backup and transition seamlessly. That's my recommendation.
I hate this suggestion but it is the only one I've been able to stomach as something that operates like Nova: Microsoft Launcher
Its actually quite decent and mostly seems to be a forgotten piece of software so it hasn't been enshitified.
I did come across it and it looked good but I cant instlall it. Its bad enough google are on my phone.
I did install Niagra and it seems better than before.
i used it for a long time, then moved to nova
Lawnchair