I use Neo Launcher. It’s as close to Nova as I’ve been able to find. It hasn’t been updated in years but I have had no issues with it.

This is the right answer. Also, use the USA TV add on for live US tv

I asked many years ago to add an option to send donations. They said it wasn’t needed. I wonder if additional revenue may have helped.

Their other projects are in active development, so I wouldn’t consider it to be abandoned.

I haven’t had any issues besides the desktop being occasionally unresponsive. Same thing used to happen to me in Nova.

It’s FOSS and suits my needs. But I can see why others may want to stay away from it.

https://github.com/NeoApplications

Lawnchair was too bare bones for me. However, I was able to recreate 90%+ of my Nova setup with Neo.

https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher