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Lawnchair is not as fancy but it works

People are suggesting mostly search-based launchers here. Lawnchair is a launcher similar to Nova (icon-based) which should be safer from enshittification because it's FOSS. Actually derived from an old Google Launcher...

Yes, Lawnchair isn't packed with functionality, but it's also not packed with anti-functionality.

Background: I have just switched from Nova, for which I paid (Nova Prime), to Lawnchair, initially as a trial. But I'll probably stick with it.

It doesn't support adding pages to the home,sadly

Did you mean tabs (to the drawer)? You totally can add new pages to the home – try moving an icon beyond the screen border.

No I mean that if in Brave I say "add this page to the home", the launcher gives an error

That's strange, that hasn't happened to me. Maybe a reinstall might fix the problem? I use it on a Pixel 8A

Uh interesting. I'm on Pixel 8A too. Could be! I'll give it another shot

Ah, pages like in webpages. Gotcha.

It’s interesting, Lawnchair works totally fine with these “app action” 1×1 widgets, and Firefox can add website shortcuts without any problem for me. I’ll try it in Brave a bit later.

I get the error if I try dragging the icon to the home screen. But it works if I click "add to home screen" so it auto-places, then move the icon afterward.

I've got a bunch of web pages on my Lawnchair home screen.

Lawnchair is good. I just really want app drawer tabs, the only reason I've stuck with Nova.

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