MinkLauncher OpenSource

A minimal, keyboard-first Android home-screen launcher

MinkLauncher OpenSource is a focused Android home-screen launcher and keyboard-first assistant designed around fast input and low visual noise.

The responsive Home panel combines a three-item to-do preview with eight configurable icon shortcuts. A compact drawer holds up to five chosen apps, while every installed launcher app remains one keyboard search away.

On a physical-keyboard phone, just start typing from Home. The already-focused Magic Box appears with the first character preserved; no tap is required. It can also open over another app when MinkLauncher OpenSource is selected as Android’s assistant.

Magic Box commands:

• @ — choose a contact, then send carrier SMS or open a messaging provider • # — choose a contact, confirm, then call or choose a calling provider • - — add an internal to-do • $ — create a multiline note through an installed notes app • + — create a calendar event • ? — find and immediately launch an installed app • Plain text — search local filenames, open a web search, or hand the query to a selected compatible AI app

To-dos can be added, checked, edited, confirmed before deletion, and reordered by drag. Local file results are grouped into photos, videos, documents, and audio, with thumbnails where Android provides them. Document search uses only folders you explicitly select through Android's system folder picker.

Optional spaces remain one swipe away:

• Conversations groups active Android message and email notifications into compact threads. Inline reply is offered only when the originating app supplies Android’s reply action, and content remains transient in memory. • Mink’s Day measures foreground time and opens only for the Android Social-category apps or custom apps the user chooses to limit. Other apps never enter its trail or totals. • Widgets hosts up to four Android widgets with grouped provider previews, correct responsive sizing, reordering, and removal.

Privacy is a core feature:

• No accounts, ads, analytics, trackers, application server, or Internet permission • Queries, to-dos, settings, conversations, usage analysis, and filename indexing stay on the device • Android cloud backup is disabled • Notification, Usage, Accessibility, and Assistant special access are optional and explained before Android Settings opens • The lock Accessibility Service performs only Android’s Lock screen action and cannot inspect window content

MinkLauncher OpenSource is released under the Apache License 2.0.