Launchers
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While Linux mobile shells are still in a very early stage, touch-optimized app launchers can significantly improve the overall user experience on touchscreen devices while using less memory than a full shell.
Some of these close automatically each time an app is launched, so associating them with a particular hardware key on the mobile device might work.
GTK
- columbiad (minimal gtk3 fullscreen launcher; video demo;
columbiad)
- lxlauncher (LXDE official launcher, gtk2; screenshot)
- PocketCHIP-pocket-home (PocketCHIP Launcher)
- Lightpad (Lighpad, gtk3 fullscreen launcher written in vala)
Qt
- qml-launcher (qml, closes when an app is launched; screenshot)
- CoreStuff (QT, A very lightweight launcher. Can be used with a WM and as an alternative to existing shells like KDE and GNOME for a touch based experience; CoreStuff running in postmarketOS in Nexus 5x)
Others
- XLunch: Graphical app launcher for X, using pure Xlib and Imlib2, therefore very light and needing only few dependencies (needs entries to be created manually; closes when an app is launched; screenshot)