A beautiful, functional and customizable launcher
About this app
Productive: Ion Launcher shows you relevant information on the home screen when its needed, and organizes the app drawer into categories automatically
Easy Customization: Customize your home screen fast, by changing only a handful of settings, like foreground and background colors
Ergonomic: Elements are arranged in an optimal way for muscle memory and reachability
Elegant: The design does not take a back seat in this launcher, the default setup looks great, and you can make it look even better with a couple adjustments
Lightweight & fast: Ion Launcher is made to take up as little storage space as possible (within reason)
Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later, by Zagura.
What's New in vy25-v3
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Added setting to disable wallpaper animations on Android 11
- - Added many animations
- - Tweaked popups
- - Improved searchbar and app drawer opening animation
- - Tweaked icon theming
- - Fixed wallpaper being a solid color
Version history
Jun 15, 2025 · 1.5 MB · Android API 21–35 · code 18
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Added setting to disable wallpaper animations on Android 11
- - Added many animations
- - Tweaked popups
- - Improved searchbar and app drawer opening animation
- - Tweaked icon theming
- - Fixed wallpaper being a solid color
SHA-256 ca06ce206cfd5e8cd73db295a0019b5819b35d773f61db63764fed36cd97225e
Apr 25, 2025 · 1.5 MB · Android API 21–35 · code 17
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Added dynamic color options in launcher settings
- Moved color settings around
- Improved russian translation
- Added gradient behind pinned apps area to reduce visual noise on busy wallpapers
- Improved smartspacer appearance
- Improved grayscale icon recoloring
SHA-256 6f766a1814c1416623e8197a1bf1ede75763552ba1c83932509fe9072bc45c64
Jan 20, 2025 · 1.5 MB · Android API 21–35 · code 16
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Added the ability to make suggestions be pill-shaped
- Improved app drawer categorization
- Replaced arrow icon in app drawer category cards with a preview of the apps inside
- Added Smartspacer integration
- Fixed app drawer categories randomly reordering themselves
SHA-256 a4cf554dfd05941238ee90841abd4683febc835c7d8b4679a1fa96bfa2549546
Will it run on your device?
78%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
How to verify the file you downloaded
Before you install anything, confirm the file is the one described here. On a computer, run shasum -a 256 your-download.apk (macOS or Linux) or certutil -hashfile your-download.apk SHA256 (Windows), then compare the output character-for-character with the SHA-256 on this page. If a single character differs, the file is not the build we recorded — delete it.
What the signing certificate proves
Every Android app is signed with a private key that only its developer holds. The fingerprint on this page is a hash of the matching public certificate, and it proves continuity rather than identity: it tells you a build came from whoever signed the earlier ones. Android enforces this at install time — if a package claiming to be one.zagura.IonLauncher is signed with a different key, the system will refuse to install it over your existing copy. A fingerprint that changes between releases is worth pausing on, because a repackaged app that has been modified by someone else cannot keep the original signature.
How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, y25-v2 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall Ion Launcher first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
Why we list sources instead of hosting everything
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Source code
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App Information
Security Verification
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SHA-256 Hash
ca06ce206cfd5e8cd73db295a0019b5819b35d773f61db63764fed36cd97225e
Signing certificate
5dd9783fc42df0c5dab998ecd6b21f2c3008b0326b6cf1bcb6b9447332ef66db
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