Sadly this comes as no (big) surprise. Sharing the fate with many great projects from small dev teams, Nova was dead the moment it was bought up.
Hey, when it happened everyone was sure they’ll develop it into an ad platform. Guess that didn’t happen
They always buy the brand or patents and that’s all.
What are some good alternatives if it gets shut down? Preferably FOSS.
I’ve tried quite a few after leaving Nova a few years ago and have settled on Lawnchair. It seems to be the most stable and is under active development.
is under active development.
The latest release is from 2018 though? So they just refuse to call something “stable” and everyone has to pick between nightly and beta or something?
Yeah, just use the Beta, it’s extremely stable. Don’t get it from the Play Store though, as you’ve seen it hasn’t been updated in years. Just get it from their GitHub.
I’ve been using KISS launcher off and on since Branch bought Nova. Not nearly as flexible when it comes to customization. But if you just want a simple launcher that supports stuff like custom icon packs it is a good one.
I also use neo launcher
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Nova in its heyday was just exceptional. It’s so sad to see it brought almost to its knees.
