Blue Line Console
Blue Line Console is a free, open-source launcher for Android. Keyboard based launcher. It has 285 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
About Blue Line Console
Blue Line Console launches your apps, web search engines, and built in calculator via keyboard. You can launch the desired app quickly with your keyboard everywhere. Just type 2 or 3 characters, and likely you can find the desired app on top of list. You need no configuration to do it (although I prepared some configuration for more comfortable usage). You can start Blue Line Console by pressing once you set this app to default Assist App of Android. You can also start from notification bar, available everywhere (find this option in configuration screen, opened with config command). You can input one of below list to search apps or commands. - Part of application name (e.g.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Blue Line Console from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Blue Line Console?
Blue Line Console is a free, open-source launcher for Android. Keyboard based launcher. It has 285 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Blue Line Console free and open source?
Yes. Blue Line Console's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Blue Line Console?
You can install Blue Line Console from F-Droid (package net.nhiroki.bluelineconsole) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.2.25).
Is Blue Line Console still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Jun 10, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Mar 9, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.