We're reinventing your Android phone
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Luminate is a next-generation Android Launcher — fast, beautiful, and customizable.
But it's more than just a launcher: it's the foundation for a growing ecosystem of system apps and a future custom OS.
✨ Launcher-first. Apps to support it. An OS in the making.
Luminate focuses on smooth performance, unified design, and privacy-first principles — with the goal of redefining the Android experience.
| Priority | Description |
|---|---|
| 🔹 Launcher | The heart of Luminate. Home, setup, explore, news, personalization. |
| 🔸 System Apps | Lightweight in-house apps: Notes, Files, Browser and more. |
| ⚙ Custom OS | A long-term vision — modular, minimal, and deeply optimized for Luminate. |
| Project | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Luminate Launcher | 🧪 In dev | Modular, animated, fast and elegant |
| Files App | 🧪 In dev | Minimal file manager with built-in tools |
| Notes App | 🧪 In dev | Local markdown-style note system |
| Wave Browser | 🧪 In dev | Lightweight web wrapper with WebView |
| Desktop Installer | ✅ Active | C# app to install Luminate via ADB |
| Backend (API) | ✅ Online | Account + sync + verification service |
| Lumi (Bot) | ✅ Running | Discord bot for auth, logs, and keys |
- 🧠 Launcher-First Mentality — Every UX decision starts from the homescreen
- ⚡ Ultra Smooth Animations — Built with performance as a first-class feature
- 🎨 Consistent Design Language — Unified UI across all apps
- 🧱 Modular Stack — Launcher + optional app suite + backend
- 🔒 Private & Offline-First — No tracking, no ads, no cloud dependency
We are currently in closed beta with internal testers.
The public release will be announced exclusively via Discord and TikTok.
Luminate is not open source, but we selectively invite developers & designers to contribute.
We're looking for people with skills in:
- Android (Kotlin / Jetpack Compose)
- UI/UX design (mobile-first, minimal)
- Web (Astro / Tailwind / React)
- Infrastructure (Node.js, auth APIs, ADB)
Apply via ticket on our Discord if you're interested.
All communication, updates, testing access, and applications go through Discord.
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