So far I tried the following:

• Quedalle just doesn't have the option to be launched when installed so basically non existent
• Fokus Launcher, but I don't like the search bar and my keyboard appearing every time I'm scrolling down the list, haven't found how to disable it so I'm assuming it's by default
• Olauncher can disable this, but doesn't have the side scroll to go through app alphabetical order faster like Niagara has, also no way to disable swipe gestures
• I'm currently on Mako, which looks very nice and I like the somewhat deep customization, the app list folders are closed by default which isn't quite convenient
• Briefly tried Fairphone Moments, looks nice but not what I'm looking for (this is more of a compartmentalization app for digital health)

Basically my features wishlist is:

• vertical scrolling list of app
• can scroll from the edge to scroll the alphabetical order of apps (faster than "manual scrolling" of apps)
• select "favourite" apps appear on top
• no keyboard or search

Nice to have:

• custom gestures can be disabled
• deeper customization
• app folders

So yeah, also I only looked through fdroid but maybe there's unregistered launchers on github, idk, appreciate if you guys have recommendations !