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.
Want early access or to become a tester?
👉 Join our Discord and open a ticket
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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