Open Source BlueStacks Alternatives for Linux

BlueStacks is not available for Linux but there are a few alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is WayDroid. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to BlueStacks and four of them are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to BlueStacks are Android Studio, Anbox and Android-x86.

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    WayDroid

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    Waydroid uses Linux namespaces (user, pid, uts, net, mount, ipc) to run a full Android system in a container and provide Android applications on any GNU/Linux-based platform.

    30 WayDroid alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
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    Android Studio

     274 likes

    Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. Similar to Eclipse with Android Development Tools for Eclipse, Android Studio provides...

    81 Android Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
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    Anbox

     66 likes

    Anbox puts Android into a container and every Android application will be integrated with your operating system. Any Android version is suitable for this approach and try to keep up with the latest version from the Android Open Source Project.

    35 Anbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Android-x86

     183 likes

    This is a project to port Android open source project to x86 platform, formerly known as "patch hosting for Android x86 support". The original plan is to host different patches for Android x86 support from open source community.

    31 Android-x86 alternatives

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    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware Workstation Pro
    • VMware Workstation Player
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