Defang
Launcher that puts speed bumps between you and the apps engineered against you
新版本 0.1.15
Fixes Snapchat opening with no intent gate again. Snapchat had quietly stopped appearing in the standard Android API Defang used to detect it in the background — the second detection method it's evaded, after doing the same to accessibility events a few weeks ago. It now also reads the phone's on-screen window list directly, a channel Snapchat can't opt out of without breaking its own display.
Defang is an Android launcher with an anti-dark-pattern friction layer. It is a speed bump, not a wall: you can still open Instagram, you can still override the timer. Nothing here is impossible to bypass — that is deliberate. A wall breeds circumvention; a speed bump breeds pause.
What it does:
• Intent gate — tapping a watched app shows a full-screen pause with a countdown before "Open anyway" activates. Declare what you came for, or go back.
• Session timer — a small overlay counts down your own preset limit. At zero, the end card appears. Extending costs friction: a 30-second wait, a written reason, and it works once per day. No "15 more minutes" button to tap into oblivion.
• Cool-down — after a session ends, reopening is locked for a period you chose in advance.
• Per-app grayscale — watched apps render colorless while your camera, maps, and photos keep their colors.
• Notification batching — pings from watched apps arrive as a muted summary at times you pick, not when an engagement model predicts you're vulnerable. Real contacts always come through.
• Awareness tidbits — short, specific, sourced facts about the machinery: variable reward schedules, notification timing optimization, what the algorithm selects for. They did this to you; the least you can do is know how.
• Offline prompts — when a session ends, a small physical suggestion. "Tidy the coffee table" is not a joke; it's a completable task with honest dopamine.
• Usage report — weekly time per app, per day, and how often "just checking a DM" became a 20-minute scroll. Evidence, not guilt.
Utility apps — camera, calculator, phone, maps — open instantly, always. The launcher never gets in the way of your life; it gets in the way of the loop.
No telemetry. All data stays on the device. English and Norwegian.
Requires the accessibility service (foreground app detection), notification access (batching), and display-over-apps permission (overlays). Per-app grayscale needs a one-time adb grant of WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS — the app works without it, minus that feature.
What it does:
• Intent gate — tapping a watched app shows a full-screen pause with a countdown before "Open anyway" activates. Declare what you came for, or go back.
• Session timer — a small overlay counts down your own preset limit. At zero, the end card appears. Extending costs friction: a 30-second wait, a written reason, and it works once per day. No "15 more minutes" button to tap into oblivion.
• Cool-down — after a session ends, reopening is locked for a period you chose in advance.
• Per-app grayscale — watched apps render colorless while your camera, maps, and photos keep their colors.
• Notification batching — pings from watched apps arrive as a muted summary at times you pick, not when an engagement model predicts you're vulnerable. Real contacts always come through.
• Awareness tidbits — short, specific, sourced facts about the machinery: variable reward schedules, notification timing optimization, what the algorithm selects for. They did this to you; the least you can do is know how.
• Offline prompts — when a session ends, a small physical suggestion. "Tidy the coffee table" is not a joke; it's a completable task with honest dopamine.
• Usage report — weekly time per app, per day, and how often "just checking a DM" became a 20-minute scroll. Evidence, not guilt.
Utility apps — camera, calculator, phone, maps — open instantly, always. The launcher never gets in the way of your life; it gets in the way of the loop.
No telemetry. All data stays on the device. English and Norwegian.
Requires the accessibility service (foreground app detection), notification access (batching), and display-over-apps permission (overlays). Per-app grayscale needs a one-time adb grant of WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS — the app works without it, minus that feature.
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arm64-v8aarmeabi-v7ax86x86_64此版本需要 Android 8.0 或更高的版本。
此套件包由原開發者建置和簽署，並保證與此原始碼 Tarball 保持一致。
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arm64-v8aarmeabi-v7ax86x86_64此版本需要 Android 8.0 或更高的版本。
此套件包由原開發者建置和簽署，並保證與此原始碼 Tarball 保持一致。
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arm64-v8aarmeabi-v7ax86x86_64此版本需要 Android 8.0 或更高的版本。
此套件包由原開發者建置和簽署，並保證與此原始碼 Tarball 保持一致。
新版本 0.1.14
New opt-in home screen mode: "Search only". The home screen stays blank; swipe up and the keyboard opens immediately. Type to filter your apps — if only one match remains it launches automatically, otherwise tap to choose. Work-profile apps appear in the same list with a "(work)" label so you can always tell them apart.
新版本 0.1.11
Two optional new ways to open a watched app, set up in Settings alongside the slide and NFC tag. Scan a QR code or barcode you've placed out of reach (uses the camera; any product barcode works). Or solve a math problem on a keypad, with an adjustable difficulty — this one also covers watched websites. Only one unlock method is active at a time.