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Slate

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

Completely free
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by F-Droid
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Publisher: Rouf Syed
Latest version: 1.6 (15 October 2026)
Latest activity: 15 October 2026
Source code: github.com/roufsyed/Slate-Minimal-Launcher

Overview

Slate is a home screen launcher, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: themes and dark mode, data import and export.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Follow system theme: switches automatically with system dark mode” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Export and import all settings as a JSON backup.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Slate - A text-only Android launcher” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Slate is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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