After Working on it alone for a year, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher Kevin Barry has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts. More Info: https://teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.html

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[–] trk@aussie.zone 82 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Everyone knew Nova was dead once it was sold. Surprised old mate held on this long.

Still haven't found a replacement launcher that matches all it's functionality.

[–] krash@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

KISS launcher is FOSS and a bit different, but many ex. Nova users flocked to it after it was bought.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 7 points 3 weeks ago

I was already a long time KISS launcher user after the sale (long time nova user)

Recently discovered Kvaesitso and I have fully switched! It is just a bit more featureful than KISS while still being very clean and now when people use my phone for something, they can actually find apps too which is nice.

[–] kurcatovium@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

I never used nova, but I'm so used to KISS now, it's the first thing I install on a new phone. It's also funny to lend the phone to someone, because nobody understands it as it's very different (especially how I set it up).

[–] nigh7y@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh wow. I guess I really live under a rock. I honestly did not know it was bought. 😬

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

I did. Love KISS Launcher more than I loved Nova back in the day.

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