List of open-source mobile phones
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Here are listed mobile phones which have (substantially) open source code and/or open hardware:
Criteria
This list only includes phones that run 100% free software on their main CPUs.
Android- and webOS-based devices do not appear on this list because they use operating systems with proprietary components. Nonetheless, all of these phones have proprietary GSM module firmware.
List
| Organization | Model | Mobile operating system | Open hardware | QWERTY (hardware) keyboard | Release date | Current state | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenMoko | Neo 1973 (development code name GTA01) | Openmoko Linux, Qtopia (both Linux-based) | Yes | No | July 9, 2007 | Discontinued | |
| OpenMoko | Neo FreeRunner (development code name GTA02) | Openmoko Linux, Qt Extended, Debian, SHR (Stable Hybrid Release), Android, Gentoo (all Linux-based), Inferno | Yes | No | June 24th, 2008 | Discontinued | |
| Golden Delicious, GmbH | GTA04 | QtMoko, Debian, SHR (Stable Hybrid Release), Android | Yes | No | 2012 Q2 | - | |
| Aava mobile, link | Aava | MeeGo | Yes | No | 2011 | (available to developers only) | - |
| Tizen, link | Tizen | Tizen | Yes | No | 2013 | (available to developers only) |
See also
- FSO, Free smartphone org project: modern service-based middleware platform for Linux-based embedded systems, obeys "No strings attached" principle among others
- Greenphone
- TuxPhone
- Mobile device (mobile platform)
- OsmocomBB