List of custom Android distributions

This is a list of aftermarket Android distributions (custom firmware, custom ROM) that have received independent coverage in notable Android-related sources. The list may include distributions that come preinstalled on a device (stock ROM) or modifications of them. Only official builds are listed.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Table of ROMs
NameDeveloperDevelopment statusLast updated onOpen source?[lower-alpha 1]Latest releaseAndroid versionYear started Supported devicesNotes
AliOSAlibaba CloudActive2018
Kernel only
2.02011 A forked but incompatible version of Android [1]
AOKPTeam KangDiscontinued?
Yes
Pie92011 115[2]Based on LineageOS
Baidu YiBaidu, Inc.Discontinued?
Kernel only
Un­knownUn­known2011Un­knownDiscontinued in March 2015
CalyxOS[3]Calyx InstituteActive2021
Yes
2.11.0[4]112019[5]12[6]Privacy focused. Google and Xiaomi Smartphones.
ColorOSOPPOActive2020
Kernel only
11.2112013OPPO Android Smartphones
CopperheadOSCopperhead SecurityActive2021
Kernel only
11.9.2 11[7]2014 6[8]Security- and privacy-focused, no OS analytics by default, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available.
crDroidcrDroid teamActive2021
Yes
7.10112014[9] 83[10]Based on LineageOS.
CyanogenModCyanogenMod Open-Source Community, Cyanogen IncDiscontinued2016
Yes
14.1 Nightly7.1.12009 571[11]CyanogenMod's official successor is LineageOS
DotOS[12][13] DotOS Team Active 2021
Yes
 5.2 11 ? 58[14] Some DotOS versions include a custom implementation of the Android 12 monet engine, named "Monet Wannabe".
/e/ e FoundationActive2020
Yes
 0.18[15] 10[16] 2017 190[17] Privacy focused, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available. Forked from LineageOS. Formerly called "Eelo".
Emteria.OS emteria GmbHActive 2020
Kernel only[18]
 1.2.34[19] 7.1 2017 Artista-IoT TFT Controller, ACME CM3-Panel, Raspberry Pi 3B, Raspberry Pi CM DevKit
EMUIHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Active2019
Kernel only
11.0102012 Huawei and Honor devicesAlso known as Magic UI in most of the high-end Honor devices and the current Honor devices after it split with Huawei.
Fire OSAmazon.com, Inc.ActiveMay 2021
Partial[20]
7.3.1.992011 Amazon Kindle Fire, Fire TV, Fire Phone, Amazon EchoCentered on content consumption, heavy ties to Amazon's store and content.
Funtouch OSVivoActive2021
Kernel only
11112013Vivo devices
Flyme OS Meizu Technology Co., Ltd. Active 2019
Yes
 8.0.0 9 2012 Official support for Meizu devices. Ported by the community to select ZTE and Huawei devices, OnePlus 2 and 3, HTC One M9, One M8 and M7 and other devices.
GrapheneOS[21] GrapheneOS team Active2021-12-07
Yes
 2021120717[22] 12[23] 2019[24] 10[25] Security and privacy focused. Lead developer worked on CopperheadOS until he left. Project renamed from "Android Hardening."[21][26]
HarmonyOS Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Active 2021
No
 2.0 10 2019 Huawei and Honor devices Claimed using a proprietary microkernel.
Indus OSTeam Indus OSActive?
Kernel only
3.072015 80[27]
Kali NetHunter[28][29] Kali community member “BinkyBear” & Offensive Security Active 2021-09-14[30][31]
Yes
 2021.4[30][31] 5.1.1

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11[29][32][33][34]

 Un­known 32[29][32][33][34] 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.[28][29][35]
LeWa OS Lewa TechnologyDiscontinued?
Kernel only
 OS 7 beta 5.1.1 2011
LineageOSLineageOS communityActive2021
Yes
18.1112016 121[36]Officially the successor of CyanogenMod.
MIUIXiaomi CorporationActive2021
Partial
12.5112010 Xiaomi devices
OmniROMOmniROM communityActive2020
Yes
11.0112013 19[37]
One UISamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Active2021
Kernel only
4.0122019 Samsung Galaxy Smartphones and TabletsSucceeding Samsung Experience UX and TouchWiz
OriginOSVivoActive2020
Kernel only
Unknown112020 Vivo smartphones
OxygenOSOnePlusActive2020
Partial
11.0
112015 12[38] and unknown amount of portsMerged with HydrogenOS in 2018.[39]
Paranoid AndroidParanoid Android TeamActive2020
Yes
Quartz 5[40]102012 31[41]Based on CAF
Pixel Experience[42][43] Pixel Experience Team Active 2021
Yes
 11.0 11[44] ? 112[44] Created to replicate the experience of Google's Pixel Phones
realmeUIrealmeActive2021
Kernel only
2.0112019realme Android Smartphones
ReplicantDenis Carikli, Paul KocialkowskiActive2019
Yes
6.0 000362010 12[45]Based on LineageOS, removes or replaces proprietary components and anti-features
Resurrection Remix OSResurrection Remix TeamActive2020
Yes
8.7.1102012 74[46]Based on LineageOS
Shift OS SHIFT GmbH Active ?
Yes
SlimRoms SlimRoms TeamActive 2018
Yes
 7 7.1 2012 ~50
Smartisan OS Smartisan Active 2020
Partial
 8.0 10 2012 15
TCL UI TCL Communication Active 2019
Partial
 3.0 11 2019 TCL Devices (Including Android Go edition)
  1. Fully open source Android distributions may ship with proprietary drivers.

See also

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  37. "OmniROM - Supported devices". www.omnirom.org. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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