inkOS - Text based & E-ink friendly Launcher
minimal app launcher, text based & optimized for e-ink displays & keypad phones
| AppID: | app.inkos |
| Author: | Gezim |
| License: | GPL-3.0-only |
| Donation: | Webpage |
| InRepoSince: | 2025-07-03 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2026-06-09 |
| LastAppUpdate: | 2026-06-09 |
| LastVersion: | 0.6 |
| Categories: | Theming |
| APK source: | Github |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
Key features:
Home Screen
- Drag-and-drop app reordering with adjustable padding
- Multiple pages with page indicators
- Built-in clock, audio, date, battery widgets
- Configurable number of home apps
- Paged App Drawer with no animations
- Hide unwanted apps from the drawer
- Rename apps with custom aliases
- Lock apps behind biometric authentication
- Long-press options: delete, rename, hide, lock, or view info
Notifications
- Smart notification indicators (asterisk or label previews)
- Media playing indicators with audio names
- Notification window for reading full messages
- Notification allowlist for focused experience
Gestures/Buttons
- Volume key navigation between pages
- Customizable double-tap, clock, date, quote, and swipe actions
- Actions include: open apps, lock screen, show notifications, brightness & more.
Customization
- Light/dark themes with custom colors
- Individual font controls for different elements
- E-ink display optimization
- Privacy-focused (no internet permission)
Advanced
- Biometric lock for settings
- Backup/restore settings
Forked from mlauncher
While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device. Some clients have this repo enabled by default, e.g. Neo Store, Droid-ify, or, of course, the IzzyOnDroid client by Sunil. With others (like the official client) you'll have to add this repo manually (see the hint on top of the package list for how to do that).
Packages
Version 0.6 (2026-06-09) 
Android Versions:
- Target: 16.0
- MinVer: 8.0
- ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64
Signing Blocks
Signing Block Blobs:
App Configuration & Special Access
:
- none
Sensitive Intent Filters:
android.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityService: leftover from before the fork; unused, will be removed with the next release
Permissions:
- android.permission.ACCESS_HIDDEN_PROFILES (for Private Space on Android 15+)
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- ACCESS_WIFI_STATE (for WiFi status (Simple Tray))
- BIND_APPWIDGET (to embed Android widgets on home screen)
- BLUETOOTH (for the Bluetooth status (Hub, API 30 and below))
- BLUETOOTH_ADMIN (for the Bluetooth admin (Hub, API 30 and below))
- BLUETOOTH_CONNECT (for Bluetooth device info (Hub))
- CAMERA (needed to use camera2api to turn flash light on/off)
- CHANGE_WIFI_STATE (for the WiFi toggle (Simple Tray))
- EXPAND_STATUS_BAR (to expand/collapse status bar via gestures)
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS (for volume control (Simple Tray))
- PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS (to show recent/most-used apps (Recents screen))
- QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES (to show all apps in the app drawer)
- READ_CALENDAR (used for the calendar events widget)
- READ_CONTACTS (used by the search functionality)
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (used for Media access (Android 12 and below))
- READ_MEDIA_AUDIO (used by the search functionality)
- READ_PHONE_STATE (used to access the "if phone is connected to data" for turning on/off data, and for cellular signal display)
- RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES (to allow uninstalling unwanted apps)
- SET_WALLPAPER (to set the wallpaper)
- USE_BIOMETRIC (to use PIN or fingerprint lock for apps or settings)
- USE_FINGERPRINT
- VIBRATE (for haptic feedback)
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_SETTINGS (for brightness control (Simple Tray))
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
- INSTALL_SHORTCUT (for legacy shortcut pinning)
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
22 Libraries detected:
Libraries:
- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
- AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
- Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
- Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
- Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
- Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
- DataStore (Development Aid)
stores data asynchronously, consistently, and transactionally, overcoming some of the drawbacks of SharedPreferences.
- Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
- Glance (UI Component)
AndroidX library to build layouts for remote surfaces using a Jetpack Compose-style API.
- Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- Navigation (Utility)
a framework for navigating between 'destinations' within an Android application that provides a consistent API whether destinations are implemented as Fragments, Activities, or other components.
- ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
- Room (Utility)
a persistence library that provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
- Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
- Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
- Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
- Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
- WorkManager (Utility)
an API that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably .
- Glide (Utility)
An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling
- Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
- Google Gson (Utility)
A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back.
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Version 0.5 (2026-06-08)
Android Versions:
- Target: 16.0
- MinVer: 8.0
- ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64
Signing Blocks
Signing Block Blobs:
App Configuration & Special Access
:
- none
Sensitive Intent Filters:
android.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityService: leftover from before the fork; unused, will be removed with the next release
Permissions:
- android.permission.ACCESS_HIDDEN_PROFILES (for Private Space on Android 15+)
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- ACCESS_WIFI_STATE (for WiFi status (Simple Tray))
- BIND_APPWIDGET (to embed Android widgets on home screen)
- BLUETOOTH (for the Bluetooth status (Hub, API 30 and below))
- BLUETOOTH_ADMIN (for the Bluetooth admin (Hub, API 30 and below))
- BLUETOOTH_CONNECT (for Bluetooth device info (Hub))
- CAMERA (needed to use camera2api to turn flash light on/off)
- CHANGE_WIFI_STATE (for the WiFi toggle (Simple Tray))
- EXPAND_STATUS_BAR (to expand/collapse status bar via gestures)
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS (for volume control (Simple Tray))
- PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS (to show recent/most-used apps (Recents screen))
- QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES (to show all apps in the app drawer)
- READ_CALENDAR (used for the calendar events widget)
- READ_CONTACTS (used by the search functionality)
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (used for Media access (Android 12 and below))
- READ_MEDIA_AUDIO (used by the search functionality)
- READ_PHONE_STATE (used to access the "if phone is connected to data" for turning on/off data, and for cellular signal display)
- RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES (to allow uninstalling unwanted apps)
- SET_WALLPAPER (to set the wallpaper)
- USE_BIOMETRIC (to use PIN or fingerprint lock for apps or settings)
- USE_FINGERPRINT
- VIBRATE (for haptic feedback)
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_SETTINGS (for brightness control (Simple Tray))
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
- INSTALL_SHORTCUT (for legacy shortcut pinning)
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
22 Libraries detected:
Libraries:
- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
- AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
- Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
- Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
- Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
- Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
- DataStore (Development Aid)
stores data asynchronously, consistently, and transactionally, overcoming some of the drawbacks of SharedPreferences.
- Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
- Glance (UI Component)
AndroidX library to build layouts for remote surfaces using a Jetpack Compose-style API.
- Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- Navigation (Utility)
a framework for navigating between 'destinations' within an Android application that provides a consistent API whether destinations are implemented as Fragments, Activities, or other components.
- ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
- Room (Utility)
a persistence library that provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
- Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
- Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
- Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
- Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
- WorkManager (Utility)
an API that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably .
- Glide (Utility)
An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling
- Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
- Google Gson (Utility)
A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back.
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- None found
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Version 0.4 (2025-12-24) 
Android Versions:
- Target: 16.0
- MinVer: 8.0
- ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64
Signing Blocks
Signing Block Blobs:
- 0x504b4453 (DEPENDENCY_INFO_BLOCK; GOOGLE)
App Configuration & Special Access
:
- none
Sensitive Intent Filters:
android.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityService: leftover from before the fork; unused, will be removed with the next release
Permissions:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- ACCESS_WIFI_STATE (for WiFi status (Simple Tray))
- BLUETOOTH (for the Bluetooth status (Hub, API 30 and below))
- BLUETOOTH_ADMIN (for the Bluetooth admin (Hub, API 30 and below))
- BLUETOOTH_CONNECT (for Bluetooth device info (Hub))
- CAMERA (needed to use camera2api to turn flash light on/off)
- CHANGE_WIFI_STATE (for the WiFi toggle (Simple Tray))
- EXPAND_STATUS_BAR (to expand/collapse status bar via gestures)
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS (for volume control (Simple Tray))
- PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS (to show recent/most-used apps (Recents screen))
- QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES (to show all apps in the app drawer)
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (used for Media access (Android 12 and below))
- READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
- READ_PHONE_STATE (used to access the "if phone is connected to data" for turning on/off data, and for cellular signal display)
- RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- REORDER_TASKS
- REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES (to allow uninstalling unwanted apps)
- SET_WALLPAPER (to set the wallpaper)
- SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
- USE_BIOMETRIC (to use PIN or fingerprint lock for apps or settings)
- USE_FINGERPRINT
- VIBRATE (for haptic feedback)
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_SETTINGS (for brightness control (Simple Tray))
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
19 Libraries detected:
Libraries:
- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
- AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
- Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
- Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
- Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
- Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
- Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
- Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- Navigation (Utility)
a framework for navigating between 'destinations' within an Android application that provides a consistent API whether destinations are implemented as Fragments, Activities, or other components.
- ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
- Room (Utility)
a persistence library that provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
- Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
- Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
- AndroidX Test (Development Framework)
an extensive framework for testing Android apps.
- Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
- WorkManager (Utility)
an API that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably .
- Glide (Utility)
An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling
- Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
Payment Modules:
- None found
library to help with material design guidelines.
Ads & Analytics:
- None found
library to help with material design guidelines.
Download (4.2 M)