List of custom Android distributions
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This is an incomplete list of aftermarket distributions (custom firmware, custom ROM) of the Android operating system that have received independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.
The list does not include distributions that come preinstalled on a device (stock ROM) or modifications of them.
Table of ROMs
Name | Developer | Development status | Open Source? | Latest Release | Android Version | Year Started | Supported Devices | Notes |
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AOKP | Team Kang | Active | Yes | nougat | 7.1 Nougat | 2011 | 89[1] | Based on CyanogenMod |
Baidu Yi | Baidu | Discontinued | No | Unknown | Unknown | 2011 | Unknown | Discontinue in March 2015 |
CopperheadOS | Copperhead Security | Active | Viewable source[2] | 7.0.0 Nougat | 2015[3] | 3[2] | Security-focused | |
CyanogenMod | CyanogenMod Open-Source Community, Cyanogen Inc | Discontinued | Yes | 14.1 Nightly | 7.1.1 Nougat | 2009 | 571[4] | CyanogenMod official successor is LineageOS |
Indus OS | Team Indus OS | ? | No | 2.0 | 6.0 Marshmallow | 2015 | 25[5] | |
LeWa OS | Lewa Technology | ? | Closed source with open-source components | OS 7 beta | 5.1.1 Lollipop | 2011 | ? | |
LineageOS[6] | LineageOS community | Active | Yes | 14.1 Nightly | 7.1.2 Nougat | 2016 | 152[7][8][9] | Forked from CyanogenMod |
MIUI | Xiaomi Tech | Active | Partially | 8.1 | 6.0.1 Marshmallow | 2010 | 286[10] | |
MoKee | MoKee Open Source Team | Active | Yes | MK71.1 | 7.1.2 Nougat | 2012 | 266[11] | |
OmniROM | OmniROM community | Active | Yes | Android 6.0 Nightly | 6.0 Marshmallow | 2013 | 35[12] | |
Paranoid Android | Paranoid Android Team | Discontinued[citation needed] | Yes | 6.0 | 6.0.1 | 2012[citation needed] | 48[13][14] | |
Replicant | Denis Carikli, Paul Kocialkowski | Active | Yes | 4.2 | 4.2 Jelly Bean | 2011 | 10[15] | Based on CyanogenMod, strips out all binary-only elements |
Resurrection Remix OS | Resurrection Remix team | Active | Yes | 5.8.2 | 7.1.2 Nougat | 2012 | 126[16] | |
Smartisan OS | Smartisan Technology | Active | Partially | 3.2 | 5.x Lollipop | 2012 | 15 | |
SlimRoms | SlimRoms Ltd | Active | Yes | Slim 7 | 7.1.2 Nougat | before 2014 | 45[17] | Based on CyanogenMod |
Yun OS | Alibaba | Active | No | 5.0 Atom | Unknown | 2011 | 56[18] | Forked but incompatible version of its open-source Android operating system, according to AOSP |
See also
- ClockworkMod – custom recovery image
- TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) – alternative to ClockworkMod
References
- ^ "Devices". Android Open Kang Project. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ a b "CopperheadOS releases". Copperhead Security. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Introducing: Copperhead Security". Copperhead Security. April 21, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ "Devices". CyanogenMod. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Indus OS takes second spot beats Apple & Microsoft". tech2NewsStaff. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ Heater, Brian (30 December 2016). "After having its infrastructure shuttered, CyanogenMod will live on as Lineage". TechCrunch. AOL Inc. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "Devices | LineageOS Wiki". wiki.lineageos.org. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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(help) - ^ "LineageOS Downloads". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Unofficial Builds". XDA. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "MIUI Downloads - Xiaomi MIUI Official Forum". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "MoKee Open Source Statistics". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Supported Devices". OmniROM. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Official Devices". Paranoid Android. Retrieved October 2015.
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(help) - ^ Paul Kocialkowski (30 June 2015). "Replicant status". Replicant. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Resurrection Remix OS#getresurrected on SoreceForge". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "SlimROMs Downloads".
- ^ "Downloads - YunOS". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
Further reading
- Pandey, Rajesh (19 May 2013). "CM10.1 vs AOKP – A comparison of the two most popular custom ROMs out there!". AndroidBeat.
- O'Leary, Dane (18 January 2017). "The current state of custom ROM development". Android Authority.