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Mink LauncherBuilt first for phones with real keys

A keyboard-first Android launcher

Stop Scrolling.
Start Typing.

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A white QWERTY Android phone

The Magic Box

Start Typing.
Six Keys Take Action.

Six symbols start direct actions. Everything else can search apps, files, the web, or your chosen AI provider.

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Message with the Magic Box

Choose a person and write.

More ways to start

Six Keys Take Action.
Search Handles the Rest.

Search the web from Home.

Type a question or phrase, choose Web, and Mink opens the results in your default browser.

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Web search

Search the web from Home.

App integrations

Search Handles the Rest.
Your Apps Finish the Job.

Choose where messages and questions go. Providers own the final screen, delivery method, and privacy terms.

Integrated messaging

Start the message in Mink. Send it where you chat.

Type @, choose a contact or recent conversation, and write your message. Supported Android handoffs carry the draft and, when the provider allows it, the recipient into the app you chose.

  • Send SMS through your chosen SMS or RCS provider
  • Continue recent chats published by installed messaging apps
  • Review the draft in the provider whenever direct sending is unavailable
Support varies by installed app version and the Android routes each provider exposes. App names and logos belong to their respective owners.
Google Messages
WhatsApp
WhatsApp Business
Telegram
LINE
Beeper
Nextcloud Talk
Molly
Signal
KakaoTalk
WeChat
Viber
Messenger
Slack
Teams
Discord
Snapchat
GroupMe
Zalo
TextNow
TextFree

Home, with useful things in it

Your Apps Finish the Job.
Home Does More.

Choose the tools that belong on Home. Leave everything else out of the way.

MinkSpace

Small tools, right inside Home.

Swipe through focused mini-apps for to-dos, calculations, local photos, and media controls without opening another dashboard.

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MinkSpace

Useful tools share one Home space.

Make it yours

Home Does More.
Make It Yours.

Start with your own wallpaper or choose a Mink preset. Adjust the type, icons, colors, and language without giving up the launcher's simple shape.

Seven homes, one launcher

Keep the shape. Change the feeling.

Wallpaper, icons, color, type, and widgets can make the same simple Home feel completely different.

Warm photography
Mink Launcher home screen styled with warm photography

Made for more screens

Make It Yours.
For Your Device.

Mink Launcher adapts to compact QWERTY phones, slabs, foldables, and tablets while keeping the same direct way to reach people, apps, actions, and tools.

Responsive layouts

The same Home, shaped for your screen.

Mink rearranges its controls for compact QWERTY phones, slabs, foldables, and tablets without changing the way you reach what matters.

Compact QWERTYSlabs & foldablesTablets
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Mink Launcher across devices

The layout adapts while the direct-input foundation stays familiar.

MinkPad Lite · Included

For Your Device.
And Every Other Screen.

Mink Launcher turns a supported Android 9+ phone into a Bluetooth keyboard, trackpad, or living-room remote for one managed host. No timer. No separate download.

Laptop & PC

Don't stress over a long HDMI cord.

MinkPad is your accessory for your laptop and PC.

MinkPad connecting a QWERTY phone to a computer
Laptop & PC setup
See it in motion
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Laptop & PC

MinkPad is your accessory for your laptop and PC.

Featured & Reviewed

Mink Launcher
in the Wild.

Official demonstrations and independent coverage of Mink Launcher and its features on real keyboard phones.

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Officially showcased by Unihertz on the Titan 2 Elite

Mink Launcher appears as the navigation and app-launching experience in official Unihertz product promotion for the Titan 2 Elite.

YouTube Short ↗Instagram ↗Instagram ↗
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SomeGadgetGuy

An independent look at Mink Launcher from Juan Carlos Bagnell.

Watch the full review ↗

Privacy & security

Your Home.
Your Data.

Mink keeps launcher content on your device by default and puts every external handoff under your control.

Mink Launcher privacy boundaries
ConcernMink's approach
Selling personal dataNever
Advertising profilesNo ads or cross-app ad tracking
Launcher contentStored locally by default
Drafts and actionsShared only with the app you choose

Google Play beta

Mink Launcher Is Live.
Come Test It.

Join the Mink Testers group, opt in with the same Google account, and install the beta from Google Play.

Google Play betaTest Mink Launcher
Follow the tester-group, opt-in, and installation steps for the current Google Play build.
Direct open-source APKGitHubChecking version…Open-source app storeF-Droid
Checking version…Not always the most recent release

Google Play, GitHub, and F-Droid builds may use different signing keys. Switching channels can require uninstalling the current app first and will clear its local data. Export a backup before switching, then restore it after installation.

How to install the GitHub APK
  1. Download the APK. Tap “Download from GitHub” and approve the browser download if asked.
  2. Open the download. Tap it in your browser or open it from Downloads.
  3. Allow this source. If Android blocks the install, open Settings and enable Allow from this source for the browser or file manager.
  4. Return and install. Go back to the APK, tap Install, and review any Android or Play Protect message. If Play Protect shows a warning, expand it with More details (or the small down arrow), then tap Install anyway to finish.
  5. Choose your launcher. Press Home and select Mink Launcher, or open Settings → Apps → Default apps → Home app.
  6. Unlock Conversations if Android disables Notification access. On Android 13 or newer, open Android Settings → Apps → Mink Launcher, open the top-right menu on the main App info page, and tap Allow restricted settings. Confirm with your device lock, then return to Mink Launcher → Settings → Permissions → Conversations. If the Notification access switch is greyed out, back out of that screen before looking for the App info menu.

Why this extra step? Android restricts sensitive settings for some apps installed outside an app store. Conversations uses Notification access only to show and reply through compatible message notifications. Read Google’s restricted-settings guidance.

For extra safety, return to Settings → Apps → Special app access → Install unknown apps and disable Allow from this source after installation. Menu names vary by phone.