List of custom Android distributions

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This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or Android ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or all markets, yet maintained independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.

The list may include distributions that come pre-installed on a device (stock ROM) or modifications of them. Only builds considered official are listed.

Table

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Name Developer Development status Last updated Open source?[a] Latest release Android version Year started Supported devices Notes
AliOS Alibaba Cloud Discontinued 2018 Kernel only 2.0 4.4 (?) 2011 A forked but incompatible version of Android[1]
AOKP Team Kang Discontinued 2020 Yes Pie 9 2011 115[2] Based on LineageOS
Baidu Yi Baidu, Inc. Discontinued 2015 Kernel only Un­known 4 (?) 2011 Discontinued in March 2015
BharOS JandK, IIT Madras Active 2023 No Un­known 13 (?) 2023 A fork of the Android Open Source Project[1]
CalyxOS Calyx Institute Active 2024 Yes 5[3] 14 2019[4] Google Pixel 3 through 8 Pro, Fairphone 4, SHIFT6mq, Moto G32 through G52[5] Privacy focused.
ColorOS OPPO Active 2024 Kernel only 14.1 14 2013 OPPO and OnePlus Android Smartphones and Tablets
CopperheadOS Copperhead Security Active 2022 Kernel only 13.09.28 13[6] 2014 9[7] Security- and privacy-focused, no OS analytics by default, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available.
crDroid crDroid team Active 2024 Yes 10.8 14 2014[8] 485[9] Based on LineageOS
CyanogenMod CyanogenMod Open-Source Community, Cyanogen Inc Discontinued 2016 Yes 14.1 Nightly 7.1.1 2009 571[10] CyanogenMod's official successor is LineageOS
DivestOS[11] Tavi (SkewedZeppelin) Active 2023 Yes 20 13 2014 178[12] Soft fork of LineageOS. Includes Monthly Updates, FOSS Focus, Deblobbing, Security and Privacy focus, and F-Droid
/e/ e Foundation Active 2024 optional proprietary apps[13] 2.5[14] 13[14] 2017 181[15] Privacy focused, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available. Forked from LineageOS. Formerly called "Eelo" and now named MurenaOS.
emteria.OS emteria GmbH Active 2024 Kernel only[16] 14.4[17] 14 2017 ARM and x86 platforms, custom industrial hardware platforms, strong focus on the Raspberry Pi family (5, 4B, 3B, 400, CM, etc.) Platform for building custom Android ROMs ("emteria.OS") targeted at professional enterprise applications. Supported by a set of remote management and OTA update capabilities ("DeviceHub").
EMUI Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Discontinued 2024 No 14.2 12 2012 Huawei and Honor devices Also known as Magic UI in most of the high-end Honor devices and the current Honor devices after it split with Huawei.
Fire OS Amazon.com, Inc. Active 2021-09-25 Partial[18] 8.3.1.9 11 2011 Amazon Kindle Fire, Fire TV, Fire Phone, Amazon Echo Centered on content consumption, heavy ties to Amazon's store and content.
GrapheneOS GrapheneOS team Active 2024 Yes 15 15 2019[19] Supported Google Pixel devices[20] Security and privacy focused. Lead developer worked on CopperheadOS until a dispute between the co-founders over licensing caused his departure.[19]
HyperOS Xiaomi Corporation Active 2023 Kernel only 1.0 14 2023 Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices Succeeding MIUI
Indus OS Team Indus OS Active ? Kernel only 3.0 7 2015 80[21]
iodéOS iodé technologies Active 2024 optional proprietary apps[22] 5.1 14 2020 39[23] Privacy focused and based on LineageOS, comes with a built-in adblocker.
Kali NetHunter[24][25] Kali community member “BinkyBear” & Offensive Security Active 2024-09-11[26][27] Yes 2024.3[25][26][27] 5.1.1

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14[25][28][29][30]

2016 (?) 48[1][2][3][4] Open Source Android penetration testing platform. NetHunter supports Wireless 802.11 frame injection, one-click MANA Evil Access Point setups, HID keyboard, as well as BadUSB MITM attacks – built upon Kali Linux distribution and toolsets.[1][2][3]
LG UX LG Electronics Discontinued 2023 Kernel only 10.0 13 2012 LG Smartphones and Tablets Succeeding Optimus UI
LeWa OS Lewa Technology Discontinued ? Kernel only OS 7 beta 5.1.1 2011
LineageOS LineageOS community Active 2024 Yes 21 14 2016 175[31] Officially the successor of CyanogenMod.
MagicOS Honor Active 2024 No 8 14 2016 Honor devices Also known as Magic UI on pre 7.x version, independently developed by Honor for Honor devices after it split with Huawei.
OmniROM OmniROM community Active 2020 Yes 14.0 14 2013 19[32]
One UI Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Active 2024 Kernel only 6.1 14 2019 Samsung Galaxy Smartphones and Tablets Succeeding Samsung Experience UX and TouchWiz
OxygenOS OnePlus Active 2024 Partial 14.1 14 2015 OnePlus Android Smartphones Merged with HydrogenOS in 2018.[33] Using ColorOS codebase from 12.0 release.
Paranoid Android Paranoid Android Team Active 2024 Yes Uvite 14 2012[citation needed] 31[34] Based on CAF
PixelExperience PixelExperience Team Discontinued 2024 Yes 14 14 2017 100+[35] Discontinued in April 2024, Android 14 is a beta
Realme UI Realme Active 2023 Kernel only 5.0 14 2020 Realme devices Based on ColorOS
Replicant Denis Carikli, Paul Kocialkowski Active 2019 Yes 6.0 0003 6 2010 12[36] Based on LineageOS, removes or replaces proprietary components and anti-features
Resurrection Remix OS Resurrection Remix Team Inactive 2021 Yes 8.7.3 10 2012 74[37]
Shift OS SHIFT GmbH Active 2023 Yes 2018
SlimRoms SlimRoms Team Active 2018 Yes 7 7.1 2012 ~50
Smartisan OS Smartisan Discontinued 2020 Partial 8.0 10 2012 15

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Fully open source Android distributions may ship with proprietary drivers.

References

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  1. ^ "Google blocked Acer's rival phone to prevent Android "fragmentation"". 15 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Devices". Android Open Kang Project. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. ^ "CalyxOS News Android 14 for more devices". Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Get It | CalyxOS". 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Install CalyxOS". calyxos.org. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  6. ^ "CopperheadOS Updates". Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Device comparison - Copperhead". copperhead.co.
  8. ^ Bora, Kukil (1 April 2014). "Android 4.4.2 KitKat For Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300: How To Install It Using crDroid Custom ROM [Tutorial]". International Business Times. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  9. ^ "crDroid.net". Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Devices". CyanogenMod. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  11. ^ "LWN Distributions List". static.lwn.net. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Devices - DivestOS Mobile". divestos.org. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Experiencing the /E/ OS: The Open Source De-Googled Android Version". 28 April 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Releases · /e/ os releases".
  15. ^ "Get Support - e Foundation". e Foundation - deGoogled unGoogled smartphone operating systems and online services - your data is your data.
  16. ^ "Terms and Conditions". Section 3.7. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Emteria". emteria.com. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Source Code Notice". Amazon. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  19. ^ a b "GrapheneOS: Ein gehärtetes Android ohne Google, bitte - Golem.de". 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Which devices are supported?". Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Indus OS partners with US based digital turbine". telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  22. ^ "IodéOS is Open Source". 3 November 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  23. ^ Introduction, iodeOS, 31 January 2022, retrieved 21 February 2022
  24. ^ "Kali NetHunter | Kali Linux Documentation". Kali Linux. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  25. ^ a b c "Get Kali Mobile". Kali Linux. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  26. ^ a b "Blogs | Kali Linux Blog". Kali Linux. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  27. ^ a b "Releases History". Kali Linux. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  28. ^ "Kali NetHunter Image Statistics". stats.nethunter.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  29. ^ "Official Kali NetHunter Images". stats.nethunter.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  30. ^ "Kali Linux / NetHunter / build-scripts / kali-nethunter-devices". GitLab. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  31. ^ "LineageOS Downloads". download.lineageos.org. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  32. ^ "OmniROM - Supported devices". omnirom.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  33. ^ "OnePlus merging Oxygen OS and Hydrogen OS to improve updates". Android Authority. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  34. ^ "Paranoid Android - Supported devices". Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  35. ^ Hazarika, Skanda (17 July 2022). "Pixel Experience 12 Hands-On: This is what you get with the official builds". XDA Developers. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  36. ^ Paul Kocialkowski (30 June 2015). "Replicant status". Replicant. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  37. ^ "ResurrectionRemix Downloads". Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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