ARK-launcher

ARK-launcher is a modern, lightweight Android home-screen launcher built with Jetpack Compose and Material 3. Available in English, Finnish, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and Turkish.

Paged home screen with free icon placement and drag-and-drop, a dock, and an app drawer with universal search (apps, settings pages, contacts, calculator). Home-screen widgets plus built-in clock, battery, notifications and people widgets. Folders, third-party icon packs and Material You themed icons, configurable gestures, notification dots, and backup and restore to a file.

The only internet use is the optional weather in the clock widget (Open-Meteo). Free and open-source under the Apache-2.0 license. Requires Android 11 or newer.

Source code, issues and discussions: https://github.com/jrs8205/ARK-launcher

Features

Free icon placement and drag-and-drop across pages and the dock
App drawer with universal search: apps, settings, contacts, calculator
Home-screen widgets plus built-in clock, weather, notifications and people widgets
Folders, third-party icon packs and Material You themed icons
Configurable gestures, notification dots and backup/restore to a file
Nine languages; the only network use is optional weather

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License

Apache License V2.0

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Operating Systems

Android

Languages

English, Finnish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Android

Programming Language

Kotlin

Related Categories

Kotlin Desktop Environment Software, Kotlin Mobile Software

Registered

2026-10-11

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