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List of custom Android distributions

For information on custom Android ROMs, see Custom Firmware § Android.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or just 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.

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Name Developer Last updated Open source?[a] Latest release Android version Year started Supported devices Notes
Active
BharOS JandK, IIT Madras 2023 No Unknown 13 (?) 2023 ? A fork of the Android Open Source Project
CalyxOS Calyx Institute 2026 Yes 7.2.2 16 2019[1] Google Pixel 4a (5G) - 9, Fairphone 4 - 5, SHIFTphone 8, Moto G32 - G84[2] Privacy focused.
ColorOS OPPO 2025 Kernel only 17.0 17 2013 OPPO and OnePlus Android smartphones and tablets
crDroid crDroid team 2026 Yes 12.11 16 2014[3] 485[4] Based on LineageOS
/e/ e Foundation 2026-09-21 optional proprietary apps[5] 4.3[6] 16[6] 2017 287[7] Privacy focused, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available. Forked from LineageOS. Formerly called "Eelo".
emteria.OS emteria GmbH 2026 Kernel only[8] 16.2[9] 16 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. 2026 kernel only[10][non-primary source needed] 16 16 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. 2025 Partial[11] 14 14 2011 Amazon Kindle Fire, Fire TV, Fire Phone, Amazon Echo Centered on content consumption, heavy ties to Amazon's store and content.
GrapheneOS GrapheneOS Foundation 2026-08-13[12] Edit this on Wikidata Yes 2026081300[12] Edit this on Wikidata 17 Edit this on Wikidata 2014[13] Google Pixel 6 and newer[14], Google Pixel Tablet Privacy and security-focused. Lead developer worked on CopperheadOS until a dispute between the co-founders over licensing caused his departure.[13][15]
Xiaomi HyperOS Xiaomi Corporation 2026 Kernel only 3.1 16-17 2023 Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices Succeeding MIUI
iodéOS iodé technologies 2026 Yes[16]

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6.0 15 2020 52[19] Privacy focused and based on LineageOS, comes with a built-in adblocker.
Kali NetHunter[20][21] Kali community member "BinkyBear" & Offensive Security 2024-09-11[22][23] Yes 2024.3[21][22][23] 5.1.1

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14[21][24][25][26]

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]
LineageOS LineageOS community 2026 Yes 23.2 16 2016 175[27] Succeeding CyanogenMod
MagicOS Honor 2025 No 10 16 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.
One UI Samsung Electronics 2026 Kernel only 9.0 17 2019 Samsung smartphones and tablets Succeeding Samsung Experience
Origin OS vivo 2025 No 7.0 17 2020 vivo and IQOO devices Succeeding Funtouch OS
Paranoid Android Paranoid Android Team 2024 Yes Uvite 14 2012[citation needed] 73[28] Based on CAF
Replicant Denis Carikli, Paul Kocialkowski 2019 Yes 6.0 0003 6 2010 12[29] Based on LineageOS, removes or replaces proprietary components and anti-features
Shift OS l SHIFT GmbH 2025 (phone 8, 6mq, 5me, 6m) Yes 15 (phone 8); 13 (6mq); 8.1 (5me, 6m) 2018 4 / 5 (depends on count)
Shift OS G SHIFT GmbH 2025 (phone 8, 6mq); 2023 (5me, 6m) Google Android 14 (phone 8); 13 (6mq); 8.0 (5me, 6m) 2018 4 / 5 (depends on count)
Discontinued
AliOS Alibaba Cloud 2018 Kernel only 2.0 4.4 (?) 2011 ? A forked but incompatible version of Android[30]
AOKP Team Kang 2020 Yes Pie 9 2011 115[31] Based on LineageOS
Baidu Yi Baidu, Inc. 2015 Kernel only Unknown 4 (?) 2011 Discontinued in March 2015
CyanogenMod CyanogenMod Open-Source Community, Cyanogen Inc 2016 Yes 14.1 Nightly 7.1.1 2009 571[32] Succeeded by LineageOS
CopperheadOS Copperhead Security 2022 Kernel only 13.09.28 13[33] 2014 9[34] Security- and privacy-focused, no OS analytics by default, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available.
DivestOS[35] Tavi (SkewedZeppelin) 2024 Yes 20 13 2014 178[36] Soft fork of LineageOS. Includes Monthly Updates, FOSS Focus, Deblobbing, Security and Privacy focus, and F-Droid
Funtouch OS vivo 2024 No 15 15 2013 vivo and IQOO devices Succeeded by Origin OS
HarmonyOS Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2024 Kernel only 4.3 (last version embodying AOSP) 12 2019 Huawei and Honor devices HarmonyOS 5 onwards no longer includes AOSP.
Indus OS Team Indus OS ? Kernel only 3.0 7 2015 80[37]
MIUI Xiaomi Corporation 2023 Kernel only 14.1 13 2010 Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices Succeeded by Xiaomi HyperOS
OmniROM OmniROM community 2025 Yes 16.0 16 2013 Asus ZenFone 7 - 9, Google Pixel 6 & 6 Pro[38]
OxygenOS OnePlus 2025 Partial 16.0 16 2015 OnePlus smartphones and tablets Merged with HydrogenOS in 2018.[39] Using ColorOS codebase from 12.0 release. Merged with ColorOS
Realme UI Realme 2025 Kernel only 7.0 16 2020 Realme devices Based on ColorOS. Merged with ColorOS
LG UX LG Electronics 2023 Kernel only 10.0 13 2012 LG smartphones and tablets Succeeding Optimus UI. LG UX was discontinued because LG Electronics completely shut down the entire smartphone market
LeWa OS Lewa Technology ? Kernel only OS 7 beta 5.1.1 2011 ?
PixelExperience PixelExperience Team 2024 Yes 14 14 2017 100+[40] Discontinued in April 2024, Android 14 is a beta
Resurrection Remix OS Resurrection Remix Team 2021 Yes 8.7.3 10 2012 74[41]
SlimRoms SlimRoms Team 2018 Yes 7 7.1 2012 50~
Smartisan OS Smartisan 2020 Partial 8.0 10 2012 15

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Get It | CalyxOS". 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Device Support". calyxos.org. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  3. ^ Bora, Kukil (1 April 2014). "Android 4.4.2 KitKat For Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300: How To Install It Using crDroid Custom ROM [Tutorial]". International Business Times. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ "crDroid.net". Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Experiencing the /E/ OS: The Open Source De-Googled Android Version". 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Releases · /e/ os releases".
  7. ^ "Get Support - e Foundation". e Foundation - deGoogled unGoogled smartphone operating systems and online services - your data is your data.
  8. ^ "Terms and Conditions". Section 3.7. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Emteria". emteria.com. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Search". consumer.huawei.com. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Source Code Notice". Amazon. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  12. ^ a b "GrapheneOS Releases". 13 August 2026. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
  13. ^ a b "History | GrapheneOS". grapheneos.org. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  14. ^ "Which devices are supported?". Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  15. ^ "GrapheneOS: Ein gehärtetes Android ohne Google, bitte - Golem.de". 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  16. ^ "IodéOS is Open Source". 3 November 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  17. ^ "May I ask why Magic Earth is included?". 19 March 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  18. ^ "Preinstalled Navigation App Change". 1 July 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  19. ^ Introduction, iodeOS, 3 October 2025, retrieved 4 October 2025
  20. ^ "Kali NetHunter | Kali Linux Documentation". Kali Linux. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  21. ^ a b c "Get Kali Mobile". Kali Linux. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Blogs | Kali Linux Blog". Kali Linux. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  23. ^ a b "Releases History". Kali Linux. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  24. ^ "Kali NetHunter Image Statistics". stats.nethunter.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  25. ^ "Official Kali NetHunter Images". stats.nethunter.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  26. ^ "Kali Linux / NetHunter / build-scripts / kali-nethunter-devices". GitLab. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  27. ^ "LineageOS Downloads". download.lineageos.org. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  28. ^ "Paranoid Android Project". paranoidandroid.co. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  29. ^ Paul Kocialkowski (30 June 2015). "Replicant status". Replicant. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  30. ^ "Google blocked Acer's rival phone to prevent Android "fragmentation"". 15 September 2012.
  31. ^ "Devices". Android Open Kang Project. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  32. ^ "Devices". CyanogenMod. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  33. ^ "CopperheadOS Updates". Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  34. ^ "Device comparison - Copperhead". copperhead.co.
  35. ^ "LWN Distributions List". static.lwn.net. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  36. ^ "Devices - DivestOS Mobile". divestos.org. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  37. ^ "Indus OS partners with US based digital turbine". telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  38. ^ "OmniROM". omnirom.org. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  39. ^ "OnePlus merging Oxygen OS and Hydrogen OS to improve updates". Android Authority. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  40. ^ Hazarika, Skanda (17 July 2022). "Pixel Experience 12 Hands-On: This is what you get with the official builds". XDA Developers. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  41. ^ "ResurrectionRemix Downloads". Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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List of custom Android distributions

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Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.

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Who became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.