aradhyas8 / Plume_Launcher

Plume Launcher 
 Light as a feather. A minimal, ad-free home screen for Android TV and Google TV.
Plume replaces the cluttered stock home screen with the two things you actually use: your apps and what you were watching. There are no ads, no sponsored rows, no account and no tracking, and it stays out of the way of the apps it launches.
## Highlights
- **Tiny and fast.** A 0.4 MB APK with no third-party libraries. It uses about 50–70 MB of RAM and has no extra background services.
- **Home button support on Google TV.** The Home button opens Plume directly, even on devices where the system launcher can't be replaced. Holding Home still opens the Google TV dashboard.
- **Continue Watching.** Resume shows and films from Android TV's Watch Next list and from apps that publish their own "Continue Watching" channel, such as Stremio.
- **Clean apps row.** Monochrome logos (or the same logos in brand colour) in a single row, with names on focus, always or never. Rearrange it by holding OK, sort by most used, or hide apps you don't use (they stay in All apps). An optional PIN locks the layout so small hands can't rearrange it.
- **HDMI inputs as apps.** A console or set-top box that names itself over HDMI-CEC (for example "PlayStation 5") gets its own tile, which switches the TV to that input.
- **Light, dark or automatic theme**, each with its own wallpaper. Add your own photos from your phone by scanning a QR code, or show a folder of photos from the TV or a USB drive that changes on a timer.
- **Optional Gallery screensaver.** Public-domain landscape paintings in 16:9, downloaded only if you choose it, or a folder of your own photos.
- **Optional weather** under the clock.
- **Updates itself.** Plume checks GitHub once a day and installs new versions from its settings (from 1.2 on). The first update asks you to allow installs from Plume.
## How it compares
Measured on a Hisense Google TV (Android 12, 1.8 GB RAM):
| | Plume | Projectivy Launcher | Google TV launcher |
|---|---|---|---|
| APK size | **0.4 MB** | ~10–14 MB | ~25 MB |
| RAM while running | **~50–70 MB** | ~65–70 MB | ~93 MB, plus a ~22 MB helper process |
| Extra background services | **None** | 2 | 1 always-on helper |
| Return to home from an app | **~95 ms** | – | – |
## Requirements
- Android TV or Google TV running **Android 8.0 (Oreo) or newer**
- A way to sideload an APK: the *Downloader* app, a USB drive with a file manager, or `adb`
## Installation
1. Download the latest `Plume- .apk` from the Releases page.
2. Install it on your TV, using any of these:
 - **Downloader app:** enter the code **`2125356`**. It always points to the latest release.
 - **USB drive:** copy the APK over and open it with a file manager.
 - **adb:** `adb install Plume- .apk`
3. Open **Plume** from your apps. Its settings panel opens automatically on first launch.
### First-run setup
Plume's settings panel includes two setup rows:
| Setting | What to do |
|---|---|
| **Home button** | Press OK. In the Acce