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I'll share here if I open source this or a variant of this

Do let me know any issues you encounter

Used the plural of Octopus, perhaps I should go with Octopus Launcher instead?

Not in the immediate future, but I have been thinking about this since I wrote the first bits of code.

Fair comment. I do not have trackers that may pose a privacy issue, and it will remain so.

I plan to follow the model of Niagara and Nova launcher, but without recurring subscriptions and tracking. Closed beta testers will receive free codes to unlock the full version, so they get to enjoy all features they have now.

Coincidentally I was working on this a few days back. Mapping actions (including search) is definitely on my to-do.

I may group the widget list for faster loading, my initial thought was to have something different from the standard, and that was why I went for a search-based approach. Good suggestion.

Which aspects do you feel the speed can be improved? Also to share that there's an animation speed setting where you can make animations much faster or slower

As for settings, things like preview are planned ;)

Thanks for the overall feedback!

Perhaps Octopus Launcher ?

I've been trying to replicate this. Do you have apps with non English names?

it's still under lots of development, but here's a few:

• Better support for foldables (separate layouts for each screen)
• (Auto-scrolling) widget stacks
• Fine/ free positioning of home screen apps and widgets
• Resizable home screen icons
• Display drawer items as tiles (or single list)

Just did, thank you

Do let me know your feedback and any issues you faced :)