For information on custom Android ROMs, see Custom Firmware#Android.

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.

Table

NameDeveloperLast updatedOpen source?[a]Latest releaseAndroid versionYear startedSupported devicesNotes
Active
BharOSJandK, IIT Madras202313 (?)2023A fork of the Android Open Source Project
ColorOSOPPO202516.0162013OPPO and OnePlus Android smartphones and tablets
crDroidcrDroid team202612.10162014[1]485[2]Based on LineageOS
/e/e Foundation2026-03-123.7.3[3]16[3]2017287[4]Privacy focused, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available. Forked from LineageOS. Formerly called "Eelo".
emteria.OSemteria GmbH202616.2[5]162017ARM 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 OSAmazon.com, Inc.2021-09-25[6]8.3.1.9112011Amazon Kindle Fire, Fire TV, Fire Phone, Amazon EchoCentered on content consumption, heavy ties to Amazon's store and content.
GrapheneOSGrapheneOS Foundation2014[7]Google Pixel 6 and newer[8], Google Pixel TabletPrivacy and security-focused. Lead developer worked on CopperheadOS until a dispute between the co-founders over licensing caused his departure.[7][9]
Xiaomi HyperOSXiaomi Corporation20253.015-162023Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devicesSucceeding MIUI.
Indus OSTeam Indus OS3.07201580[10]
iodéOSiodé technologies2026[11] [12] [13]6.015202052[14]Privacy focused and based on LineageOS, comes with a built-in adblocker.
Kali NetHunter[15][16]Kali community member "BinkyBear" & Offensive Security2024-09-11[17][18]2024.3[16][17][18]

5.1.1 -

14[16][19][20][21]

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]
LineageOSLineageOS community202623.2162016175[22]Officially the successor of CyanogenMod.
MagicOSHonor202510162016Honor devicesAlso known as Magic UI on pre 7.x version, independently developed by Honor for Honor devices after it split with Huawei.
OmniROMOmniROM community202516.0162013Asus ZenFone 7 - 9, Google Pixel 6 & 6 Pro[23]
One UISamsung Electronics20258.0162019Samsung smartphones and tabletsSucceeding Samsung Experience
OxygenOSOnePlus202516.0162015OnePlus smartphones and tabletsMerged with HydrogenOS in 2018.[24] Using ColorOS codebase from 12.0 release.
Paranoid AndroidParanoid Android Team2024Uvite142012[citation needed]73[25]Based on CAF
Realme UIRealme20257.0162020Realme devicesBased on ColorOS
ReplicantDenis Carikli, Paul Kocialkowski20196.0 00036201012[26]Based on LineageOS, removes or replaces proprietary components and anti-features
Shift OS lSHIFT GmbH2025 (phone 8, 6mq, 5me, 6m)15 (phone 8); 13 (6mq); 8.1 (5me, 6m)20184 / 5 (depends on count)
Shift OS GSHIFT GmbH2025 (phone 8, 6mq); 2023 (5me, 6m)14 (phone 8); 13 (6mq); 8.0 (5me, 6m)20184 / 5 (depends on count)
EMUIHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.2024[27][non-primary source needed]15122012Huawei 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.
HarmonyOS (Before version 5)Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.2024?4.3 (last version based on Android)122019Huawei and Honor devicesHarmonyOS 5 and later is no longer based on Android, and is referred to as HarmonyOS NEXT.
Discontinued
DivestOS[28]Tavi (SkewedZeppelin)202420132014178[29]Soft fork of LineageOS. Includes Monthly Updates, FOSS Focus, Deblobbing, Security and Privacy focus, and F-Droid
AliOSAlibaba Cloud20182.04.4 (?)2011A forked but incompatible version of Android[30]
AOKPTeam Kang2020Pie92011115[31]Based on LineageOS
Baidu YiBaidu, Inc.20154 (?)2011Discontinued in March 2015
CalyxOSCalyx Institute20256152019[32]Google Pixel 4a (5G) - 9, Fairphone 4 - 5, SHIFTphone 8, Moto G32 - G84[33]Privacy focused. Development is paused as of September 2025 due to internal restructuring.
CyanogenModCyanogenMod Open-Source Community, Cyanogen Inc201614.1 Nightly7.1.12009571[34]CyanogenMod's official successor is LineageOS
CopperheadOSCopperhead Security202213.09.2813[35]20149[36]Security- and privacy-focused, no OS analytics by default, smartphones with preinstalled OS commercially available.
MIUIXiaomi Corporation202314.1142010Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devicesSucceeded by Xiaomi HyperOS
LG UXLG Electronics202310.0132012LG smartphones and tabletsSucceeding Optimus UI
LeWa OSLewa TechnologyOS 7 beta5.1.12011
PixelExperiencePixelExperience Team202414142017100+[37]Discontinued in April 2024, Android 14 is a beta
Resurrection Remix OSResurrection Remix Team20218.7.310201274[38]
SlimRomsSlimRoms Team201877.1201250~
Smartisan OSSmartisan20208.010201215

See also

Notes

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

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