# Kvaesitso

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Kvaesitso and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source, search-focused Android launcher that people find good, fast and feature rich. Its most common caveat is that you cannot set the order of favourites.

## Why people recommend it

- Free and open source (4 comments): "Kvaesitso is open source, so since writing this I downloaded it, removed the dynamic ordering and updated it on my phone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46699252)) "Kvaesito is a great search-focused FOSS launcher" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46687509)) "it's been amazing and it's open source" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46697528))
- Search-focused, like Nova (2 comments): "search-focused exactly how I used to configure Nova" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46702147)) "Kvaesito is a great search-focused FOSS launcher" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46687509))
- Grows on you over time (2 comments): "I've been having fun with Kvaesitso after it was recommended here." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688225)) "after using it a while I've come to love it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46689203))
- Good balance, feature rich (2 comments): "I found Kvaesitso to be a good balance." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694349)) "it is very performant and feature rich" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688089))

## What people warn about

- Cannot set favourites order (1 comments): "The annoying thing that might drive me away is that you cannot set the order of favourites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698617))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Nova Launcher](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nova-launcher.md): 45 recommend
- [Kiss Launcher](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kiss-launcher.md): 29 recommend
- [Lawnchair Launcher](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lawnchair-launcher.md): 27 recommend
- [Niagara Launcher](https://hackerapproved.com/p/niagara-launcher.md): 23 recommend
- [Octopi Launcher](https://hackerapproved.com/p/octopi-launcher.md): 15 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kvaesitso", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kvaesitso/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).