List of custom Android distributions
This is an incomplete list of aftermarket distributions of the Android operating system that have received independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.
The list may include distributions that come preinstalled on a device or modifications of them.
Table of ROMs
Only official builds are listed.Name | Developer | Development status | Last updated on | Open source? | Latest release | Android version | Year started | Supported devices | Notes |
AOKP | Team Kang | Pie | 9 | 2011 | 115 | Based on LineageOS | |||
Baidu Yi | Baidu, Inc. | 2011 | Discontinued in March 2015 | ||||||
ColorOS | OPPO | 2020 | 7.2 | 10.0 | 2013 | OPPO Android Smartphone | Generally seen in OPPO Smartphones. | ||
CopperheadOS | Copperhead Security | Sources available for non-commercial usage | 2020.06.02 | 9.0 | 2014 | 6 | Security- and privacy-focused, no OS analytics by default, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available. | ||
crDroid | crDroid team | 6.8 | 10.0 | 2014 | 78 | Based on LineageOS. Security- and privacy-focused, no OS analytics by default, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available. | |||
CyanogenMod | CyanogenMod Open-Source Community, Cyanogen Inc | 14.1 Nightly | 7.1.1 | 2009 | 571 | CyanogenMod's official successor is LineageOS | |||
/e/ | e Foundation | 0.5 beta | 8.1 | 2017 | 88 | Privacy focused. Forked from LineageOS. Formerly called "Eelo". | |||
EMUI | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 10.1 | 10.0 | 2012 | Huawei and Honor devices | ||||
Fire OS | Amazon.com, Inc. | 7.3 | 9.0 | 2011 | Amazon Kindle Fire, Fire TV, Fire Phone, Amazon Echo | Centered on content consumption, heavy ties to Amazon's store and content. | |||
Flyme OS | Meizu Technology Co., Ltd | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2012 | 169 | ||||
GrapheneOS | Daniel Micay | 2020.05.05.02 | 10 | 8 | Security and privacy focused. Lead developer worked on CopperheadOS until he left. Project renamed from "Android Hardening." | ||||
Indus OS | Team Indus OS | 3.0 | 7.0 | 2015 | 80 | ||||
LeWa OS | Lewa Technology | OS 7 beta | 5.1.1 | 2011 | |||||
LineageOS | LineageOS community | 17.1 | 10.0 | 2016 | 121 | Officially the successor of CyanogenMod. | |||
MIUI | Xiaomi Corporation | 2020 | 12 | 10.0 | 2010 | Xiaomi devices | |||
OmniROM | OmniROM community | 10 | 10.0 | 2013 | 19 | ||||
One UI | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 2.1 | 10.0 | 2018 | Samsung Galaxy Smartphones and Tablets | Succeeding Samsung Experience UX and TouchWiz | |||
OxygenOS | OnePlus | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2015 | 12 and unknown amount of ports | Merged with HydrogenOS in 2018. | |||
Paranoid Android | Paranoid Android Team | 8 | 10 | 2012 | 48 | Based on CAF | |||
Resurrection Remix OS | Resurrection Remix Team | 8.3 | 10.0 | 2012 | 5 | Based on LineageOS. | |||
Replicant | Denis Carikli, Paul Kocialkowski | 6.0 0003 | 6.0 | 2010 | 12 | Based on LineageOS, removes or replaces proprietary components and anti-features | |||
SlimRoms | SlimRoms Team | 2018 | 7 | 7.1 | 2012 | ~50 | |||
Smartisan OS | Smartisan Technology | 6.6.5 | 8.0 | 2018 | 15 |