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Defang

Name: Defang
Author: Scandiking

Scandiking

Launcher that puts speed bumps between you and the apps engineered against you

System & tools
FOSS
Free
No ads
No tracking

Android only

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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:

Developer: Scandiking
Source code: github.com/Scandiking/Defang
Added to AppCosmos: 9 October 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only