🚀 We’re excited to announce that Lawnchair is now accepting donations through Open Collective! Your donations will help us continue supporting the project in a more sustainable way and improve Lawnchair for everyone.
To make a donation or learn more, visit our Open Collective page at https://opencollective.com/lawnchair
Even if you can't donate, we still appreciate other forms of contributions, like spreading the word, contributing code, or providing feedback. Thank you for your continued support!
To make a donation or learn more, visit our Open Collective page at https://opencollective.com/lawnchair
Even if you can't donate, we still appreciate other forms of contributions, like spreading the word, contributing code, or providing feedback. Thank you for your continued support!
Lawnchair 14 Beta 3 is here! This release works with QuickSwitch from Android 10 to Android 14 QPR3.
This release contains numerous improvements:
* UI improvements
* UI text refresh: all text is now Sentence case to match Material You guidelines
* Proper tablet support: the launcher and settings UI now adjust accordingly to the larger width
* Color scheme improvements: Lawnchair now matches the Android 14 and Pixel Launcher colors
* Added support for predictive back when navigating in Settings
* Added support for Android 14's per-app language feature
* Added new fonts in font picker
* Search improvements
* Improved permission handling for contacts and files search settings
* Improved performance of search results
* Added the ability to switch search algorithms
* Added new web search providers: Google & DuckDuckGo
* Added new dock search bar providers: Yandex
* Added additional dock search bar customizations
* Added an option to use dock search provider actions for app drawer
* Recents screen improvements:
* Added the ability to reorganize the quick actions in Overview
* Added the ability to change transparency of the recents background
* Bug fixes
* Fixed crashes on One UI, ColorOS, and other Android OEMs
* Fixed crash when accessing settings with a wallpaper preview on Android 15
* Fixed Smartspacer left padding not working
* Other repository improvments:
* Improved docs and README of Lawnchair
* Added nightly releases; do note that these are built differently from normal builds, and can be buggy and less optimized.
Alongside that, this release contains the usual performance improvements, miscellaneous bug fixes, and new bugs & translations.
Thanks to our new contributors: @osm0sis, @t895, @berkekbgz, @JovannMC, @Susexe, @HarmfulBreeze, @sandstranger, @hotmule, and @nivlafx
Want to support Lawnchair's development? Visit our Open Collective page, or set your search engine to Startpage. Alongside that, if you're a developer and want to work on Lawnchair, we're investigating how we want to do payouts for development work and bugfixes. If you have any ideas or want to contribute, please get in contact at our discussion forums!
We have also released Lawnicons 2.11.0 with new icons about a week ago; see our GitHub for more info.
This release contains numerous improvements:
* UI improvements
* UI text refresh: all text is now Sentence case to match Material You guidelines
* Proper tablet support: the launcher and settings UI now adjust accordingly to the larger width
* Color scheme improvements: Lawnchair now matches the Android 14 and Pixel Launcher colors
* Added support for predictive back when navigating in Settings
* Added support for Android 14's per-app language feature
* Added new fonts in font picker
* Search improvements
* Improved permission handling for contacts and files search settings
* Improved performance of search results
* Added the ability to switch search algorithms
* Added new web search providers: Google & DuckDuckGo
* Added new dock search bar providers: Yandex
* Added additional dock search bar customizations
* Added an option to use dock search provider actions for app drawer
* Recents screen improvements:
* Added the ability to reorganize the quick actions in Overview
* Added the ability to change transparency of the recents background
* Bug fixes
* Fixed crashes on One UI, ColorOS, and other Android OEMs
* Fixed crash when accessing settings with a wallpaper preview on Android 15
* Fixed Smartspacer left padding not working
* Other repository improvments:
* Improved docs and README of Lawnchair
* Added nightly releases; do note that these are built differently from normal builds, and can be buggy and less optimized.
Alongside that, this release contains the usual performance improvements, miscellaneous bug fixes, and new bugs & translations.
Thanks to our new contributors: @osm0sis, @t895, @berkekbgz, @JovannMC, @Susexe, @HarmfulBreeze, @sandstranger, @hotmule, and @nivlafx
Want to support Lawnchair's development? Visit our Open Collective page, or set your search engine to Startpage. Alongside that, if you're a developer and want to work on Lawnchair, we're investigating how we want to do payouts for development work and bugfixes. If you have any ideas or want to contribute, please get in contact at our discussion forums!
We have also released Lawnicons 2.11.0 with new icons about a week ago; see our GitHub for more info.
Been a while huh...
Today Lawnchair 14 got approved by @GooglePlay!
Enjoy Lawnchair 14 on the Play Store by joining the beta, download Lawnchair here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.lawnchair.play
Alongside that, you are now able to download Lawnicons (based on 2.11.0, ~5000 icons) at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.lawnchair.lawnicons.play
For those oldschool people still enjoying Lawnchair 2, it will stick around for a while, it will now be known as Lawnchair Legacy!
Lawnchair Legacy will probaply not stay forever, as Google keeps increasing the minimum sdk version. Lawnchair Legacy already is already being blocked to download on some devices.
Today Lawnchair 14 got approved by @GooglePlay!
Enjoy Lawnchair 14 on the Play Store by joining the beta, download Lawnchair here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.lawnchair.play
Alongside that, you are now able to download Lawnicons (based on 2.11.0, ~5000 icons) at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.lawnchair.lawnicons.play
For those oldschool people still enjoying Lawnchair 2, it will stick around for a while, it will now be known as Lawnchair Legacy!
Lawnchair Legacy will probaply not stay forever, as Google keeps increasing the minimum sdk version. Lawnchair Legacy already is already being blocked to download on some devices.
Google Play
Lawnchair - Apps on Google Play
The customizable Pixel Launcher — no clever tagline needed.
We are teaming up with third-party launcher developers (Smart Launcher, Niagara, Nova, etc.) to launch a survey (initially made by the Smart Launcher devs) to identify how widespread OS issues are for third-party launchers.
This critical feedback will help show our concerns to Google. We'll present the findings at a Google event in October, so we're aiming to gather as much data as possible to ensure accurate results.
Take the survey below to help improve the experience for all third-party launcher users:
https://forms.gle/kDQgs2Cd98w4Xydt6
AOSP 15 merge is still WIP and there's some broke stuff but should have less conflicts
This critical feedback will help show our concerns to Google. We'll present the findings at a Google event in October, so we're aiming to gather as much data as possible to ensure accurate results.
Take the survey below to help improve the experience for all third-party launcher users:
https://forms.gle/kDQgs2Cd98w4Xydt6
Google Docs
Survey on Issues with Third-Party Launchers on Android
We are gathering feedback to understand the experience of users with third-party launchers on different Android versions. Your input will help us improve the user experience and identify potential issues. This survey focuses on general Android issues affecting…
We have opened the possibility to sponsor us via GitHub! The earnings from this will go to the open collective we launched recently, which helps fund Lawnchair development. You can sponsor us here:
https://github.com/sponsors/LawnchairLauncher
You can also directly fund us via the open collective found here: https://opencollective.com/Lawnchair
https://github.com/sponsors/LawnchairLauncher
You can also directly fund us via the open collective found here: https://opencollective.com/Lawnchair
GitHub
Sponsor @LawnchairLauncher on GitHub Sponsors
Lawnchair is an open source Android launcher based on Launcher3, with the look and feel of Google's Pixel Launcher.
Happy New Year from Lawnchair!
As we step into 2025, we want to take a moment to reflect on the incredible milestones we achieved in 2024:
Highlights from 2024:
- Released Lawnchair 14 (beta) in April after two years of anticipation! This update brought global search, smartspacer integration, and various improvements.
- Made Lawnchair (in Early Access) and Lawnicons available on Google Play in September! Lawnchair has already surpassed 100K downloads, while Lawnicons has reached 10K downloads.
- For Lawnicons, we created a total of approximately 6000 icons and implemented several UI tweaks, along with improved documentation and icon guidelines to assist contributors.
- Launched our Open Collective account to support development, raising $1200 already! We've also decided to use $50 to accelerate the AOSP merge for Lawnchair 15.
- Refined our documentation and website for a better user experience.
What to Look Forward to in 2025:
- Lawnchair 15 is on the horizon, featuring Private Space, App Archiving, and more! You can follow development in our GitHub page.
- We’ll be putting your donations to good use with bug bounties and initiatives to accelerate releases and feature improvements.
- Expect even more icons for Lawnicons!
Thank you for being part of our journey! Here’s to an exciting 2025 filled with innovation and collaboration!
As we step into 2025, we want to take a moment to reflect on the incredible milestones we achieved in 2024:
Highlights from 2024:
- Released Lawnchair 14 (beta) in April after two years of anticipation! This update brought global search, smartspacer integration, and various improvements.
- Made Lawnchair (in Early Access) and Lawnicons available on Google Play in September! Lawnchair has already surpassed 100K downloads, while Lawnicons has reached 10K downloads.
- For Lawnicons, we created a total of approximately 6000 icons and implemented several UI tweaks, along with improved documentation and icon guidelines to assist contributors.
- Launched our Open Collective account to support development, raising $1200 already! We've also decided to use $50 to accelerate the AOSP merge for Lawnchair 15.
- Refined our documentation and website for a better user experience.
What to Look Forward to in 2025:
- Lawnchair 15 is on the horizon, featuring Private Space, App Archiving, and more! You can follow development in our GitHub page.
- We’ll be putting your donations to good use with bug bounties and initiatives to accelerate releases and feature improvements.
- Expect even more icons for Lawnicons!
Thank you for being part of our journey! Here’s to an exciting 2025 filled with innovation and collaboration!
Hey everyone. To help us get Lawnchair 15 ready, we're looking for a couple of volunteers to help triage GitHub issues.
What it is: Helping us label, close duplicates, and confirm bugs. No programming knowledge is required.
Why it matters: It's one of the biggest bottlenecks slowing us down. Clearing it helps us focus on coding the next release.
If you are interested in contributing, please follow the instructions below
What it is: Helping us label, close duplicates, and confirm bugs. No programming knowledge is required.
Why it matters: It's one of the biggest bottlenecks slowing us down. Clearing it helps us focus on coding the next release.
If you are interested in contributing, please follow the instructions below
Wow. In just a few hours, we've had over 50 people volunteer to help triage Lawnchair issues. This response is incredible, and it shows how strong this community is. Thank you.
To manage this effectively and get everyone into a single, organized place, we must centralize our communication.
Running this across both Telegram and Discord is unfortunately not possible. We will be using a private channel on the Lawnchair Discord for the Triage Team, as its tools (threads, roles, permissions) are better suited for this specific task.
Therefore, we are using a role-based system to get everyone onboarded. Please follow these two steps carefully:
Step 1: Join the main Lawnchair Discord Server using this permanent link:
https://discord.gg/3x8qNWxgGZ
Step 2: Once you have joined, go to the
A moderator or I will then grant you the "Lawnchair Triagers" role, which will make the private
Thank you once again for your patience and incredible support.
To manage this effectively and get everyone into a single, organized place, we must centralize our communication.
Running this across both Telegram and Discord is unfortunately not possible. We will be using a private channel on the Lawnchair Discord for the Triage Team, as its tools (threads, roles, permissions) are better suited for this specific task.
Therefore, we are using a role-based system to get everyone onboarded. Please follow these two steps carefully:
Step 1: Join the main Lawnchair Discord Server using this permanent link:
https://discord.gg/3x8qNWxgGZ
Step 2: Once you have joined, go to the
#general channel and post the phrase "here to help with triage".A moderator or I will then grant you the "Lawnchair Triagers" role, which will make the private
#volunteer-triage-team channel visible to you. All further communication will happen there.Thank you once again for your patience and incredible support.
Lawnchair 15 Beta 1 is here!
We're excited to release the first beta for Lawnchair 15, a foundational update based on Android 15.
This version works with QuickSwitch from Android 10 to Android 15 (initial release). Higher Android versions (including QPR releases) are not yet officially supported.
The biggest new feature is one of our most requested ever: App Drawer Folders. You can now create and reorder custom folders to finally organize your app drawer.
This release is packed with many other improvements, from a more powerful dock to dozens of UI refinements.
Read the full announcement on our blog:
https://lawnchair.app/blog/lawnchair-15-beta-1
We're excited to release the first beta for Lawnchair 15, a foundational update based on Android 15.
This version works with QuickSwitch from Android 10 to Android 15 (initial release). Higher Android versions (including QPR releases) are not yet officially supported.
The biggest new feature is one of our most requested ever: App Drawer Folders. You can now create and reorder custom folders to finally organize your app drawer.
This release is packed with many other improvements, from a more powerful dock to dozens of UI refinements.
Read the full announcement on our blog:
https://lawnchair.app/blog/lawnchair-15-beta-1
Hey everyone! We're kicking off something new today: Lawnstate.
This is our new "State of the Project" blog where we'll be sharing a lot more about what's happening behind the scenes. The goal is more transparency and a clear vision for the road ahead.
In the first post, we cover the future of Lawnchair 15, how we're putting your Open Collective donations to work, and the big UI/UX overhaul we're starting.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
https://lawnchair.app/blog/lawnstate-building-momentum/
This is our new "State of the Project" blog where we'll be sharing a lot more about what's happening behind the scenes. The goal is more transparency and a clear vision for the road ahead.
In the first post, we cover the future of Lawnchair 15, how we're putting your Open Collective donations to work, and the big UI/UX overhaul we're starting.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
https://lawnchair.app/blog/lawnstate-building-momentum/
Hey everyone, and happy holidays from the Lawnchair team! 🎄
We're excited to announce that Lawnchair 15 Beta 2 is now available for download!
This release contains several bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements that make the Lawnchair 15 experience much more stable and enjoyable. Some of the highlights include:
- An improved search experience
- Infinite home screen scrolling
- The ability to reorder apps inside app drawer folders
- ...and many more fixes for crashes and visual bugs!
A huge thank you to everyone who made this release possible: our code contributors on GitHub, our translators on Crowdin, and our financial supporters on Open Collective. Your support is what keeps this project going.
We'll have a full Lawnstate blog post coming soon with a look back at the year and a deep dive into the ongoing work for Lawnchair 16.
For now, enjoy a more stable home screen for the holidays!
Changelog: https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/releases/tag/v15.0.0-beta2
Download below or on Play Store.
We're excited to announce that Lawnchair 15 Beta 2 is now available for download!
This release contains several bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements that make the Lawnchair 15 experience much more stable and enjoyable. Some of the highlights include:
- An improved search experience
- Infinite home screen scrolling
- The ability to reorder apps inside app drawer folders
- ...and many more fixes for crashes and visual bugs!
A huge thank you to everyone who made this release possible: our code contributors on GitHub, our translators on Crowdin, and our financial supporters on Open Collective. Your support is what keeps this project going.
We'll have a full Lawnstate blog post coming soon with a look back at the year and a deep dive into the ongoing work for Lawnchair 16.
For now, enjoy a more stable home screen for the holidays!
Changelog: https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/releases/tag/v15.0.0-beta2
Download below or on Play Store.
Hey everyone,
Our end-of-year Lawnstate post is now live! It covers the new 15 Beta 2 release and gives a first look at the ongoing work for Lawnchair 16.
Inside, you'll find:
* An overview of the A16 rebase.
* Screenshots of the new UI in development.
* News on the ecosystem, including Lawnicons
Read the full post here:
https://lawnchair.app/blog/lawnstate-2025-reflection/
Our end-of-year Lawnstate post is now live! It covers the new 15 Beta 2 release and gives a first look at the ongoing work for Lawnchair 16.
Inside, you'll find:
* An overview of the A16 rebase.
* Screenshots of the new UI in development.
* News on the ecosystem, including Lawnicons
Read the full post here:
https://lawnchair.app/blog/lawnstate-2025-reflection/
Lawnchair 15 Beta 2.1 is here!
While our focus remains on Lawnchair 16, we've decided to do a hotfix release
to address common issues regarding the current experience of Lawnchair 15.
This release contains the following changes:
* Adds a toggle to disable icon closing animations (
* Fixes widgets failing to add when it requires a configuration step on Android 14 and up
* Fixes web search timeout not working (improving search performance when offline)
* Fixes Google Feed not showing properly (requires Lawnfeed 4.0)
* Fixes icon shadow not being applied correctly.
This release also includes new translations from Crowdin, and other minor performance improvements.
Alongside this hotfix, we have also released Lawnfeed 4.0, resolving issues
with the Google Feed not working in the Play Store or Nightly releases.
Donate on Open Collective | View full changelog on GitHub
While our focus remains on Lawnchair 16, we've decided to do a hotfix release
to address common issues regarding the current experience of Lawnchair 15.
This release contains the following changes:
* Adds a toggle to disable icon closing animations (
GestureNavContract), which can resolve animation glitches on certain OEMs (like One UI)* Fixes widgets failing to add when it requires a configuration step on Android 14 and up
* Fixes web search timeout not working (improving search performance when offline)
* Fixes Google Feed not showing properly (requires Lawnfeed 4.0)
* Fixes icon shadow not being applied correctly.
This release also includes new translations from Crowdin, and other minor performance improvements.
Alongside this hotfix, we have also released Lawnfeed 4.0, resolving issues
with the Google Feed not working in the Play Store or Nightly releases.
Donate on Open Collective | View full changelog on GitHub
Lawnchair 15 Beta 3 is here!
As many of you know, the Android launcher landscape is changing rapidly over the past few months. To welcome users looking for a new, open-source home, this release now supports importing backups from Nova Launcher!
What it imports
• Home screen and dock grid layout
• Widgets and folders
• Selected icon pack
How to use it
1. Open Lawnchair Settings
2. Tap the three dots (⋮) in the top right corner
3. Select "Restore Nova backup" and choose your file
Note: Other Nova features not mentioned (like app drawer categories and icon swipe gestures) are not yet supported and won't be imported. You may need to do a little manual tweaking after the import.
While this is a major milestone for Lawnchair 15, our team is still working hard to improve and polish the Lawnchair 16 experience. Stay tuned for updates!
Donate on Open Collective •
View full changelog on GitHub
As many of you know, the Android launcher landscape is changing rapidly over the past few months. To welcome users looking for a new, open-source home, this release now supports importing backups from Nova Launcher!
What it imports
• Home screen and dock grid layout
• Widgets and folders
• Selected icon pack
How to use it
1. Open Lawnchair Settings
2. Tap the three dots (⋮) in the top right corner
3. Select "Restore Nova backup" and choose your file
Note: Other Nova features not mentioned (like app drawer categories and icon swipe gestures) are not yet supported and won't be imported. You may need to do a little manual tweaking after the import.
While this is a major milestone for Lawnchair 15, our team is still working hard to improve and polish the Lawnchair 16 experience. Stay tuned for updates!
Donate on Open Collective •
View full changelog on GitHub