They are rewriting Neo Launcher. Some alpha builds are available for testers right now, but yeah, it will take time to get to stable.

I stopped using Ventoy. I don’t trust the OSs installed by means of it, sadly. Also, lost any hope of a clarification on the issue. Yes, you should not use it for the time being.

Take a definition of ACTIVE contributors, because both projects have a lot of inactive contributors that only registered and didn’t do anything but just one update and left, if any.

Google is known for dropping projects that they can’t monetize enough. Maps’ been around for a while, but it can always just disappear for public use. Or decide that you need a Google account too use it and that’s a privacy nightmare. We need alternatives, but in this case, we need free and open source alternatives. We can’t put all the eggs in the same basket.

I’ve used several launchers but there seems to be a halt developing them. For the most time, I used to use recently Neo Launcher, but it feels dated now, they are working on a rewrite and it’s still beta (if not still alpha). Kvaesitso is a good launcher, but I’m too accustomed to the swipe up gesture to show apps and Kvaesitso just decided to make it upside down for me, and it feels odd even if you can change this to your preference. Finally, KISS launcher, which had halted development a bit but I find light and customizable enough. Not gonna lie here, as soon as Neo launcher gets to a stable state, I’m coming back.

Edit:

I wanted to mention a couple of killer features of KISS that you might probably like:

• Its dock can pin a couple of apps and have some spaces changing depending on the frequency of use.
• You can have a list of frequently used apps associated to a gesture (I use swipe-up and single-touch).
• If you are gonna use a not too frequently used app, you can have a gesture for this too (I use long-touch).
• Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is searchable. Well, not everything, but they surely allow you to search a lot of things.

X2. Great note-taking app.

X2. I don’t like it, but I still use that libswype Google blob to get swipe-writing. I wish they could produce their own in the future.

I actually have used it. It’s very thorough but I find out more useful for areas where mapping is already good, while the areas I contribute to are not as well mapped. Every Door is also a great tool!

I use both all the time. Organic Maps rendering and navigation feels snappier, even with 2.5D support, and less cluttered, but since I do contribute to OpenStreetMap, OsmAnd is unmatched for editing and access to power tools like up-to-date data, GPS tracking, PDI editions, etc.

Unfortunately, in my country the map is not as complete as the proprietary options, so, using OsmAnd is more practical for me. As a regular user, though, I’d prefer Organic Maps.

Awesome. Thank you.

Where can I borrow the template?