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

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]	2.2[14]	13[14]	2017	251[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 - 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

• ClockworkMod – custom recovery image
• Comparison of mobile operating systems
• F-Droid – community-maintained Software Repository for Android
• MicroG – replacement for Google Play Services
• Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) – custom recovery image

Notes

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

References

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