Is µLauncher safe?

µLauncher is a home screen that lets you start other apps using swipe gestures and button presses. It is minimal, efficient and free of distraction. Your home screen only displays the date, time and a wallpaper. Pressing back or swiping up (this can be configured) opens a list of all installed apps, which can be searched efficiently. This is a fork of the app Launcher by Finn M Glas. Features: Yo…

Developer: Josia Pietsch
Category: Launcher
Earliest archived version: 25 Jun 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

25 Jun 2026

0.2.12

Improved widget configuration Support for widgets from other profiles Variable font-size for clock (thank you, wassupluke!) Improved translations (thank you, GrenewerearE, hamburger2048, htosSV, Luis Ruanova, letterhaven, Bash, and josé m.!)

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDde.jrpie.android.launcher

Latest APK SHA-256f67124dad5009016dd1fce379d79b20ea93a46cefb5759002f3fa149d50b018f

Signing certificate0B:5E:E0:40:00:B2:AB:F0:B2:C3:F8:2C:DA:9D:9A:3F:61:5F:36:43:BB:91:7F:F4:E5:16:27:0A:B5:DC:AF:12

MIN ANDROID21TARGET36ARCHITECTURE

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.2.1225 Jun 202621+→

05 / 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

Permissions6 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGES

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_HIDDEN_PROFILES android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES de.jrpie.android.launcher.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗