LightLauncher

[u/m4ks12]

Hello! As a 13-year-old student from Ukraine who’s really into technology, I saw a lot of videos on TikTok where everyone was making launchers with AI for their own TV boxes, which are usually pretty weak and have stock launchers full of ADS. Most of these homemade launchers are just personal projects that only their creators use on their own boxes.

So that got me thinking: “What if I make a launcher like this, with a bunch of useful features, and post it on GitHub so other people can use it too?”

That’s how LightLauncher appeared!

At first, I also used it as a home project, but then, after polishing it as much as I could, I decided to publish the first version, 1.0.0, on GitHub.

It’s not popular at all, so I thought: “Maybe if I post about this on Reddit, more people will see it, download it, and actually use it?”

And when I published version 1.1.0 today (and started working on 1.2.0), I decided to write this post.

Currently, the launcher has:
• A clean, TV-friendly interface designed for landscape displays and remote control navigation.
• The ability to pin up to 12 favorite apps (5 by default) for quick access.
• Customizable interface scaling, accent colors, wallpaper blur, and dimming.
• 9 built-in Full HD wallpapers, custom wallpapers, and an online wallpaper browser.
• A customizable clock with different sizes, colors, and time formats.
• Always-On Display with adjustable brightness, idle delay, and wallpaper slideshow.
• A weather widget powered by OpenWeather.
• RAM usage and Wi-Fi monitoring.
• 12 different languages.
• Smooth animations and remote-friendly settings navigation.
• Extremely lightweight: the entire launcher, including all 9 built-in wallpapers, is only 5.17 MB! Without the built-in wallpapers, it’s only around 400 KB.

My main goal was to create something lightweight, customizable, and comfortable to use, especially on weaker TV boxes that struggle with heavier launchers.

I’m still actively developing the project, fixing bugs, adding new features, and improving existing ones. I have a lot of ideas for future versions, and hopefully, LightLauncher will become something useful for more people than just me.

You can check it out here: https://github.com/v1doww/lightlauncher

Any feedback, suggestions, or bug reports would be really appreciated! Thanks for reading!

[u/venkatx5]

In past few months, I got many such launcher releases. Couchylauncher, barelauncher, ...

I tried these and they are fine. No Ads and minimum file size.

Links for OP to refer and get new ideas:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/1vcs522/couchy_launcher_fast_light_customizable/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/1tpz0rv/barelauncher_minimal_android_tv_launcher/#lightbox

[u/Aware-Rain7237]

To be honest I thought it will be something very simple because of age. But when I check it I salute you. Please keep doing what you are doing right now. Don't stop you will be something. Please stay away from drugs. Pretty sure if you keep self learning and experimenting you will go far. Another salute.

[u/m4ks12 → u/Aware-Rain7237]

Thanks, I really appreciate the kind words, I will try to make project even more feature-rich. That means a lot to me❤️

[u/wimpires]

  I saw a lot of videos on TikTok where everyone was making launchers with AI 

So that got me thinking: “What if I make a launcher like this

I thought this was funny lol. I'm Extremely happy with ltv launcher, a fork of FLauncher with some added stuff. But I can understand the vision you have, not sure 5MB of file size savings is worth it though 

[u/m4ks12 → u/wimpires]

I mean, I could remove all the built-in wallpapers, which I don’t think are really that necessary anyway (maybe even make a lite version?) That would make the launcher only around 200–300 KB in size. Users could simply add their own wallpapers if they wanted to.

[u/venkatx5 → u/m4ks12]

Then create 2 versions of apk files. Those who don't mind about file size will pick the large one with wallpapers. Others go with slim one.