Defang

about

description

Defang is an Android launcher with an anti-dark-pattern friction layer. It is a speed bump, not a wall: you can still open Instagram, you can still override the timer. Nothing here is impossible to bypass — that is deliberate. A wall breeds circumvention; a speed bump breeds pause. What it does: • Intent gate — tapping a watched app shows a full-screen pause with a countdown before "Open anyway" activates. Declare what you came for, or go back. • Session timer — a small overlay counts down your own preset limit. At zero, the end card appears. Extending costs friction: a 30-second wait, a written reason, and it works once per day. No "15 more minutes" button to tap into oblivion. • Cool-down — after a session ends, reopening is locked for a period you chose in advance. • Per-app grayscale — watched apps render colorless while your camera, maps, and photos keep their colors. • Notification batching — pings from watched apps arrive as a muted summary at times you pick, not when an engagement model predicts you're vulnerable. Real contacts always come through. • Awareness tidbits — short, specific, sourced facts about the machinery: variable reward schedules, notification timing optimization, what the algorithm selects for. They did this to you; the least you can do is know how. • Offline prompts — when a session ends, a small physical suggestion. "Tidy the coffee table" is not a joke; it's a completable task with honest dopamine. • Usage report — weekly time per app, per day, and how often "just checking a DM" became a 20-minute scroll. Evidence, not guilt. Utility apps — camera, calculator, phone, maps — open instantly, always. The launcher never gets in the way of your life; it gets in the way of the loop. No telemetry. All data stays on the device. English and Norwegian. Requires the accessibility service (foreground app detection), notification access (batching), and display-over-apps permission (overlays). Per-app grayscale needs a one-time adb grant of WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS — the app works without it, minus that feature.

publisher

78ce6faa72264387284e647ba6938995735ec8c7d5c5a65737e55130f026307d

first seen

2026-09-22T13:30:22.236930+00:00

last event

2026-10-15 16:59 UTC

install

zapstore.dev or any Zapstore-compatible client

source & build

repository

not published

arch flags

android-arm64-v8a android-armeabi-v7a android-x86 android-x86_64

manifest

missing

releases (kind 30063)

4 releases indexed; latest 0.1.22.

version	channel	released	event
0.1.22	main	2026-10-15 16:59 UTC	b7751b8d…
0.1.21	main	2026-10-12 14:11 UTC	46649807…
0.1.20	main	2026-09-29 20:52 UTC	75a0a308…
0.1.19	main	2026-09-21 18:30 UTC	d1d0ad74…

assets & verification

Every app, release and asset event is schnorr-verified (NIP-01 id + signature) before it enters the catalog, and assets are content-addressed by sha256. We subscribe read-only to the catalog relay — never write to it.

0.1.22 — com.defang.launcher_23.apk

sha256

4f642f9359e2c0e2f1d9c93364e0a06a0877fcc2fff0eb4b895313e08d818335

size

1.8 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a, android-armeabi-v7a, android-x86, android-x86_64

version code

23

apk cert sha256

7f3cffb2d584ffdb19d6667b335129c4466d8d0884aa966cacf016bb2b5123b0

download

com.defang.launcher_23.apk

0.1.21 — com.defang.launcher_22.apk

sha256

ac5548885f4345160be2dc2da855067a0fef881f47764d3c8432b7043b3a3337

size

1.8 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a, android-armeabi-v7a, android-x86, android-x86_64

version code

22

apk cert sha256

7f3cffb2d584ffdb19d6667b335129c4466d8d0884aa966cacf016bb2b5123b0

download

com.defang.launcher_22.apk

0.1.20 — com.defang.launcher_21.apk

sha256

9a77d61ab1f7036130001bbcda9f750bc33317cd4b3eb5f29bcb7f8be84713c7

size

1.8 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a, android-armeabi-v7a, android-x86, android-x86_64

version code

21

apk cert sha256

7f3cffb2d584ffdb19d6667b335129c4466d8d0884aa966cacf016bb2b5123b0

download

com.defang.launcher_21.apk

0.1.19 — defang-v0.1.19.apk

sha256

862879fd347b144801859ba98190a4008736775192b5498d44f5ef1a2d988206

size

2.3 MB

archs

android-x86, android-x86_64, android-arm64-v8a, android-armeabi-v7a

version code

20

apk cert sha256

7f3cffb2d584ffdb19d6667b335129c4466d8d0884aa966cacf016bb2b5123b0

download

defang-v0.1.19.apk

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