New in version 1.0.0
MinkLauncher OpenSource 1.0 brings the current responsive Home layout, a three-task preview, social-only Mink’s Day tracking, and Android-standard email notifications in Conversations. Selected social apps stay visible for quick removal, while Android’s Social defaults remain easy to restore.
Document search now uses only folders you explicitly select through Android. MinkLauncher OpenSource no longer requests All files access. No new permission is required.
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.
Versions
Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.
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arm64-v8a
armeabi-v7a
x86
x86_64
This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
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directly call phone numbers
Allows the app to call phone numbers without your intervention. This may result in unexpected charges or calls. Note that this doesn't allow the app to call emergency numbers. Malicious apps may cost you money by making calls without your confirmation.
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expand/collapse status bar
Allows the app to expand or collapse the status bar.
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android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
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read your contacts
Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your phone. Apps will also have access to the accounts on your phone that have created contacts. This may include accounts created by apps you have installed. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.
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read the contents of your shared storage
Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
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read audio files from shared storage
Allows the app to read audio files from your shared storage.
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read image files from shared storage
Allows the app to read image files from your shared storage.
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read video files from shared storage
Allows the app to read video files from your shared storage.
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read user selected image and video files from shared storage
Allows the app to read image and video files that you select from your shared storage.
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send and view SMS messages
Allows the app to send SMS messages. This may result in unexpected charges. Malicious apps may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.
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com.katoaapps.openminilaunch.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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New in version 0.5.0
Initial F-Droid release of MinkLauncher OpenSource. Includes instant physical-keyboard input, the Magic Box, configurable shortcuts, local to-dos, contact actions, local filename search, selected-folder document search, query history, and light/dark themes. No ads, trackers, accounts, or proprietary integrations.
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arm64-v8a
armeabi-v7a
x86
x86_64
This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
-
directly call phone numbers
Allows the app to call phone numbers without your intervention. This may result in unexpected charges or calls. Note that this doesn't allow the app to call emergency numbers. Malicious apps may cost you money by making calls without your confirmation.
-
expand/collapse status bar
Allows the app to expand or collapse the status bar.
-
read your contacts
Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your phone. Apps will also have access to the accounts on your phone that have created contacts. This may include accounts created by apps you have installed. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.
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read the contents of your shared storage
Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
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read audio files from shared storage
Allows the app to read audio files from your shared storage.
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read image files from shared storage
Allows the app to read image files from your shared storage.
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read video files from shared storage
Allows the app to read video files from your shared storage.
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read user selected image and video files from shared storage
Allows the app to read image and video files that you select from your shared storage.
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com.katoaapps.openminilaunch.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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