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I released v0.3.0 of my LCARS Star Trek theme/generator for Niagara Launcher (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 day ago by confuser@lemmy.zip to c/android@lemmy.world
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I released v0.3.0 of my LCARS Star Trek Niagara Launcher Theme project.

For anyone unfamiliar, Niagara Launcher is an Android launcher/home screen replacement with a clean vertical app list instead of the usual grid of icons. I like it because the layout is already kind of minimal and interface-y, so I thought it would be a fun base for making a phone feel more like a Star Trek LCARS panel.

Niagara Launcher: https://niagaralauncher.app/

My project started as me trying to make Niagara Launcher look more like LCARS, but it has slowly turned into a more general LCARS wallpaper/icon/theme generator. This update is probably the first one where it starts to feel like a proper system instead of just a pile of cool-looking experiments.

The big change is that palettes are now shared across the wallpaper generator, icon generator, and gallery. I added a lot more categorized palettes too, including:

  • Classic LCARS
  • Trek faction-inspired palettes
  • Pride/identity palettes
  • Regional/flag-inspired palettes
  • Accessibility modes
  • Retro computing colors
  • Space/nature themes
  • General mood/function stuff

There is also a custom palette editor now, so you can directly change the LCARS block colors.

The other big thing is that wallpaper panel rhythm and color mapping are separate now. Before, the shape/layout pattern also determined which palette colors got used, which made some palettes come out weird. Now the rhythm controls the panel proportions, while color mapping controls how the colors are distributed.

So rainbow, pride, and flag-style palettes can actually behave more like themselves instead of getting shoved through the old LCARS role-color pattern.

The icon generator has matching color-mapping options now too, and the gallery got cleaned up with better filters, no weird caps, and live local-font previews for installed Trek/decorative fonts.

Live site: https://yearbook-enzyme.github.io/LCARS-Star-Trek-Niagara-Launcher-Theme/

GitHub release: https://github.com/Yearbook-enzyme/LCARS-Star-Trek-Niagara-Launcher-Theme/releases/tag/v0.3.0

Still very niche, still very Star Trek, but it is getting a lot more useful now.

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You might want to drop the lcars from the name & description. The rights holders are fairly litigious, or at least they were when someone put out an iPad app.

[–] confuser@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Good to know

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No prob, I'd hate to see this disappear over some IP nonsense.

Maybe I'm missing it, but are there blues and lavenders? It seems very red-orange heavy

[–] confuser@lemmy.zip 1 points 47 minutes ago

Medical teal and operations blue and science blue/purple are the trek theme blueish ones.

there are some other color schemes mixed in there too and you can set your own colors.

[–] pjusk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Been using Niagara for at least 4 years now, its become an absolute must have for any phone i have now. Sure they do want you to pay for the launcher, but ghey do have a full dev team now working on it, and each update is meaningful and genuinely implements nive features. They also allow you to purchase a licence without going through Google Play Store! Highly recommend 🤟

Also, nice theme! 😅

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 2 points 20 hours ago

Niagara is an excellent launcher. I'll check out the theme!

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I installed the launcher. It’s pretty slick, i like it. BUT every setting costs money. Or i should say you have to pay a subscription in order to change any of the settings. The exception is yes you can hide the alphabet list.

Op, question. Do people need to have a paid version of this to use your theme?

[–] confuser@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes to use the theme you have to buy into niagara, it does have a lifetime purchase for 40 usd which sounds like a lot for a launcher but 40 over a lifetime is basically pennies, the devs are pretty good and I feel comfy supporting them, the launcher has just felt more nice the more I have used it over the years and its good to give money to stuff like this.

I don't know about the clicks phone for sure but I imagine since it has niagara preinstalled that you probably don't need to buy it in that case or its part of the phone cost or whatever, not saying people should get a different phone but I think thats a another example of how people buying into niagara is helping the future since it is being used on a device that is offering a real development value in a world of all phone looking the sameish and offering tech addictions.

Niagara is not open source either btw but releases can be grabbed from github, I don't know the reasoning from the devs for this but I can imagine doing this would disallow people from morphing the basic look of niagara into other things too much which could be seen as bad because it could make it more addictive as a phone launcher if people fork or mod it to be different, I don't necessarily agree with that reasoning but yeah.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Better one, can it be changed to use some other open launcher instead?

[–] confuser@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

The generator is just a wallpaper and a icon pack and a link to fonts basically.

You could totally use them in other launchers but it is intended for niagara.