Ethereal Launcher

One grid. Multiple Spaces. No endless swiping.

A tile-based Android launcher that replaces endless horizontal swiping with a single grid and full-screen Spaces.

Ethereal home screen

Why Ethereal

Most Android launchers keep the same paradigm they've had for over a decade: an infinitely wide home screen that you scroll through horizontally, folders nested inside folders, and widgets fighting for whatever space is left.

Ethereal takes a different approach. Instead of endless pages, everything lives on one dense grid. Instead of folders, you get Spaces โ€” full screens with their own layouts, widgets, and apps.

Tap a Space to enter, tap to leave. No digging through nested folders, no swiping through screens you forgot existed. The home screen stops being a place you scroll through and becomes a place you actually organize.

One grid. Multiple Spaces. No endless swiping.

Features

Everything you need in a launcher, nothing you don't.

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Tiles

A single dense grid where apps, widgets and Spaces live together. Drag and drop with automatic collision handling.

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Spaces

Folders reimagined as full screens. Each Space has its own layout, widgets and apps. Tap to enter, tap to leave.

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29 Themes

From AMOLED black to Catppuccin, Dracula, Nord and more. Sixteen bundled fonts, custom icon shapes.

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Frosted Glass

Adjustable panel opacity and blur. Panels, Dock and E-Search all share the same visual language.

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E-Search

Swipe up from the home screen. Frosted overlay, adaptive sorting by usage frequency, cascade animation.

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Wallpapers

Pick from gallery or use built-in. Four scaling modes. Apply to home, lock screen, or everywhere.

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Dock

Up to 8 apps. Adjustable icon size, shape, and bottom padding. Scrollable mode for many icons.

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System Widgets

Real Android widgets on the grid via AppWidgetHost. Built-in clock, weather and search widgets.

Screenshots

A quick look at Ethereal in motion.

Spaces
Spaces
E-Search
E-Search
Theme switching
Theme switching
Frosted glass
Frosted glass

Requirements

Lightweight, open source, no ads, no tracking.

Android 8.1 or higher
GPL v3.0 license
100% Kotlin
No ads
Optional analytics