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Codidact community about Android ROMs (Like LineageOS,crDroid,Kali NetHunter,etc,etc)

A community about Android ROMs and their development,security and everything else List of Android ROMs:

BharOS JandK, IIT Madras 2023 No Unknown 13 (?) 2023 A fork of the Android Open Source Project CalyxOS Calyx Institute 2025 Yes 6 15 2019[1] Google Pixel 4a (5G) through 9, Fairphone 4 and 5, SHIFTphone 8, Moto G32 through G84[2] Privacy focused. Development is paused as of September 2025 due to internal restructuring. ColorOS OPPO 2024 Kernel only 15.0 15 2013 OPPO and OnePlus Android smartphones and tablets CopperheadOS Copperhead Security 2022 Kernel only 13.09.28 13[3] 2014 9[4] Security- and privacy-focused, no OS analytics by default, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available. crDroid crDroid team 2025 Yes 11.2 15 2014[5] 485[6] Based on LineageOS /e/ e Foundation 2025 optional proprietary apps[7] 3.1.4[8] 15[8] 2017 253[9] Privacy focused, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available. Forked from LineageOS. Formerly called "Eelo". emteria.OS emteria GmbH 2024 Kernel only[10] 14.4[11] 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"). Fire OS Amazon.com, Inc. 2021-09-25 Partial[12] 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 2025 Yes 2025081400 16 2019[13] Supported Google Pixel devices[14] Security and privacy focused. Lead developer worked on CopperheadOS until a dispute between the co-founders over licensing caused his departure.[13] Xiaomi HyperOS Xiaomi Corporation 2025 Kernel only 2.2 15 2023 Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices Succeeding MIUI. Indus OS Team Indus OS ? Kernel only 3.0 7 2015 80[15] iodéOS iodé technologies 2025 optional proprietary apps[16] 6.0 15 2020 52[17] Privacy focused and based on LineageOS, comes with a built-in adblocker. Kali NetHunter[18][19] Kali community member "BinkyBear" & Offensive Security 2024-09-11[20][21] Yes 2024.3[19][20][21] 5.1.1

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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 2025 Yes 22.2 15 2016 175[25] Officially the successor of CyanogenMod. MagicOS Honor 2024 No 9 15 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 2020 Yes 14.0 14 2013 19[26] One UI Samsung Electronics 2025 Kernel only 7.0 15 2019 Samsung smartphones and tablets Succeeding Samsung Experience OxygenOS OnePlus 2024 Partial 15.0 15 2015 OnePlus smartphones Merged with HydrogenOS in 2018.[27] Using ColorOS codebase from 12.0 release. Paranoid Android Paranoid Android Team 2024 Yes Uvite 14 2012[citation needed] 31[28] Based on CAF Realme UI Realme 2025 Kernel only 6.0 15 2020 Realme devices Based on ColorOS Renati OS[29] Myntex Inc. 2025 Kernel only 14.1 14 2022 Supported Google Pixel devices Security focused Replicant Denis Carikli, Paul Kocialkowski 2019 Yes 6.0 0003 6 2010 12[30] Based on LineageOS, removes or replaces proprietary components and anti-features Shift OS l SHIFT GmbH 2025 (phone 8, 6mq, 5me, 6m) Yes 14 (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 DivestOS[31] Tavi (SkewedZeppelin) 2024 Yes 20 13 2014 178[32] Soft fork of LineageOS. Includes Monthly Updates, FOSS Focus, Deblobbing, Security and Privacy focus, and F-Droid AliOS Alibaba Cloud 2018 Kernel only 2.0 4.4 (?) 2011 A forked but incompatible version of Android[33] AOKP Team Kang 2020 Yes Pie 9 2011 115[34] 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[35] CyanogenMod's official successor is LineageOS EMUI Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2024 No 15 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. MIUI Xiaomi Corporation 2023 Kernel only 14.1 14 2010 Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices Succeeded by Xiaomi HyperOS LG UX LG Electronics 2023 Kernel only 10.0 13 2012 LG smartphones and tablets Succeeding Optimus UI LeWa OS Lewa Technology ? Kernel only OS 7 beta 5.1.1 2011 PixelExperience PixelExperience Team 2024 Yes 14 14 2017 100+[36] Discontinued in April 2024, Android 14 is a beta Resurrection Remix OS Resurrection Remix Team 2021 Yes 8.7.3 10 2012 74[37] SlimRoms SlimRoms Team 2018 Yes 7 7.1 2012 ~50 Smartisan OS Smartisan 2020 Partial 8.0 10 2012 15 MuditaOS K Mudita 2025 Partial 1.3.0 12 2024 Mudita Kompakt

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