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Slate

com.slate.launcher

Minimal text-only Android home screen. No icons. No analytics. Zero network.

Latest documented release1.615 Oct 2026 · 2.6 MB→
⬇ Download APK1.6 · 2.6 MBPublisher site ↗

01 / Overview

Is Slate safe?

Slate is a minimal text-only Android home screen built for focus. Most launchers want to keep you on your phone. Colourful icons trigger recognition without thought, notification badges create artificial urgency, and recommendation widgets are optimised for engagement, not intent. Slate removes all of that. Apps are presented as plain text, the same way a to-do list presents tasks. You open the a…

Developer
Rouf Syed
Category
Launcher
Earliest archived version
19 Aug 2026
License
MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

1.6

Features: - Added language support for German, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish and Indonesian - Added a language spinner in settings - Added multi-select apps feature; supporting bulk pin, hide, uninstall, move and color - Added a selection highlight setting…

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1.5

Features: - Add a setting to PIN-gate long-press menus - Highlight folders that contain a notified app - Add a homescreen layout picker to onboarding - Add a default text color setting for folders - Remember custom colors as swatches in the color picker Fixes: - Include the homescreen layout in…

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1.4

Features: - Implemented app shortcuts - Add enabled-count hint and enabled-first sort to the shortcut app picker - Add direction toggle for most-used sort (top/bottom) - Add custom TTF import to the Quick Toggles font picker - Allow folders to be pinned to the top of the home screen - Add setting…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.slate.launcher
Latest APK SHA-256fc3fe8f2323e78ca6ed9708a7a2067fa8fc21fe3ad90c8c14adeba27fea16a28
Signing certificate12:03:52:93:DA:AB:C9:5B:BA:14:2E:0D:EE:BA:B9:EC:36:DF:CB:85:E3:0A:0F:1F:83:BD:70:05:CD:EA:41:F6
MIN ANDROID26TARGET36ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

3 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.4 (19 Aug 2026), latest 1.6 (15 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.5 and 1.6.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

3 TOTAL
VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture
1.626+→1.526+→1.426+→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source
IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source
SourceOpen-source · fdroid
Permissions15 declared · 3 sensitive
Signaturepresent
Anti-featuresNo known anti-features
Sensitive accessCALL_PHONEQUERY_ALL_PACKAGESREAD_CONTACTS

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.BLUETOOTHandroid.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMINandroid.permission.CALL_PHONEandroid.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BARandroid.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGESandroid.permission.READ_BASIC_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.READ_CONTACTSandroid.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGESandroid.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONSandroid.permission.SET_WALLPAPERandroid.permission.USE_BIOMETRICandroid.permission.USE_FINGERPRINTcom.slate.launcher.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗