Termux
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Not to be confused with Tmux.
Termux is a free and open-source terminal emulator for Android which allows for running a Linux environment on an Android device. Termux installs a minimal base system automatically; additional packages are available using its package manager, based on Debian's. [2]
Quick Facts Original author(s), Initial release ...
Original author(s) | Fredrik Fornwall |
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Initial release | 30 May 2015; 8 years ago (2015-05-30) |
Stable release | |
Repository | https://github.com/termux/termux-app |
Written in | Java, C, C++ |
Operating system | Android |
Platform | x86-64, ARM64, i686, ARMv7 |
Size | 101 MB |
Type | Terminal Emulator, Command-line interface |
License | GPLv3 only |
Website | termux |
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Most commands available in Linux are accessible in Termux, as well as built-in Bash commands. There are several other shells available, such as Zsh and tcsh.[3]