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Android is an open source mobile operating system initially released by Google in 2008 and has since become of the most widely used operating systems on any platform.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Android

GrapheneOS CopperheadOS Ubuntu Linux Mint Maru Anbox Arch Linux PotatoProject.co balenaOS Haiku

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Android are GrapheneOS, CopperheadOS, and Ubuntu. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. GrapheneOS is an open source privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mobile OS #Mobile SDK #Roms 388 social mentions

  2. Secure Android built for encrypted and secure phones by a privacy focused company. Available as security-centric and privacy focused Google-free Android for the latest devices. Fully integrated with the latest IDS and MDM enterprise technologies.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Paid
    • Free Trial
    • $99.0 / One-off (Per License)

    #Mobile OS #Mobile SDK #Development 1 social mentions

  3. 3
    Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Distribution 229 social mentions

  4. Linux Mint is one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions and used by millions of people.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux Distribution #Linux #Operating Systems 423 social mentions

  5. 5
    Maru is a new kind of computing experience. It gives you a single, context-aware device that makes personal computing really simple. And guess what? That device is your smartphone.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mobile OS #Mobile SDK #Operating Systems 8 social mentions

  6. 6
    Anbox puts Android into a container and every Android application will be integrated with your...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Gaming #Emulators #Android Emulators 64 social mentions

  7. You've reached the website for Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. Currently we have official packages optimized for the x86-64 architecture.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux #Linux Distribution #Operating Systems 256 social mentions

  8. Potato Open Sauce Project (or POSP, for short) is a buttery smooth aftermarket Android™ firmware.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mobile OS #Mobile SDK #Roms 1 social mentions

  9. Use balena’s own Linux OS tailored for containers, designed for reliability and scale, and proven in production.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mobile OS #Data Dashboard #IoT Platform

  10. 10
    Haiku is an open source OS catered specifically to the needs of personal computing.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux #Linux Distribution #Operating Systems 10 social mentions

  11. 11
    PowerPC, Alpha, SPARC, MIPS, SH3, ARM, amd64, i386, m68k, VAX: Of course it runs NetBSD.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Operating Systems #Linux #Linux Distribution 3 social mentions

  12. Cross-platform location sharing
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mobile OS #Mobile Apps #Mobile SDK 38 social mentions

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