Blue Line Console vs Rootless Pixel Launcher
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Blue Line Console
Blue Line Console launches your apps, web search engines, and built in calculator via keyboard. You can launch the desired app quickly with your keyboard everywhere. Just type 2 or 3 characters, and likely you can find the desired app on top of list. You need no configuration to do it (although I prepared some configuration for more comfortable usage). You can start Blue Line Console by pressing once you set this app to default Assist App of Android. You can also start from notification bar, available everywhere (find this option in configuration screen, opened with config command). You can input one of below list to search apps or commands. - Part of application name (e.g. Blue Line Console) - Part of package name (e.g. net.nhiroki.bluelineconsole) - URL - Calculation formula (e.g. 2+3*5, 1inch in cm, 1m+1inch, 1m+1inch in cm) - One of commands below (e.g. help) Available commands: - help - config - date - bing QUERY - duckduckgo QUERY - google QUERY - wikipedia QUERY - yahoo QUERY - ping HOST - ping6 HOST Source code: https://github.com/nhirokinet/bluelineconsole
Rootless Pixel Launcher
Pixel Launcher is a close to AOSP launcher that only changes the necessary code to allow for small extensions and backporting to older Android versions. If you want a more feature packed launcher use Nova, Action or Lawnchair. Pixel Launcher is focused on simplicity and rock solid stability. Features include: * Search bar at the bottom * Wallpaper based theme selection * Regular Icon Packs * Adaptive Icon Packs, such as my Google Icons * Icon Shape selection on Android 8.0 For Pixel users, there's also a Magisk version.
| Feature | Blue Line Console | Rootless Pixel Launcher |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityLauncher | ProductivityLauncher |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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