LineageOS
Free and open-source Android-based operating system for smartphones and tablets, designed to enable deep customization, enhanced privacy controls, regular security updates, and broad device compatibility without default proprietary Google services.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
Features
Properties
- Customizable
- Security-focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Mobile OS
- Custom-ROM
- Ad-free
- No Tracking
- Sideload apps
- No registration required
- Dark Mode
LineageOS News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about LineageOS
LineageOS 23 launches with Android 16, application updates, improved VM support, and moreLineageOS 23 has landed as the latest version of this open source Android-based operating system, r...
- POX published news article about LineageOS
LineageOS 22.1, based on Android 15, is now available for more than 100 devicesLineageOS has released version 22.1 of its free and open-source operating system for Android device...
- POX published news article about LineageOS
LineageOS 21 released based on Android 14 with revamped apps and improvementsLineageOS, the open-source Android-based operating system, has just announced the release of its 21...
Recent activities
- frame-twisty-name liked LineageOS
OpenSourceSoftware added LineageOS as alternative to Marathon OS
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What is LineageOS?
A free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform. It is the successor to the highly popular custom ROM CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016 when Cyanogen Inc. announced it was discontinuing development and shut down the infrastructure behind the project. Since Cyanogen Inc. retained the rights to the Cyanogen name, the project rebranded its fork as LineageOS.
LineageOS was officially launched on December 24, 2016, with the source code available on GitHub. Since that time, LineageOS has been described as highly popular and forcibly developed; within 4 months from the initial announcement, LineageOS development builds covered more than 160 models of phone, and over a million users, having doubled its user base in the month February–March 2017.







Comments and Reviews
LineageOS is the best AOSP ROM. It's relatively easy to install, has support for a wide array of devices, and remains completely Google-free upon initial installation, which is a huge plus for those of us who do not want our personal information harvested by Google.
Devs claim they don't have enough time to let users change ANY COLOR AT ALL, but they have plenty of time to lock out microG and magisk. These guys are idiots. Not to mention their APPALLING mandatory recovery which can't do anything at all.
I've been using it for about 4 years and looking for a replacement now. While being a breath of a fresh air on the surface, it's poorly implemented in details.
In general, I feel it's a classic misaligned opensource where devs care more about their appearance as proud opensource guardians more than about actual users.
good alternative to Android
I'm still getting weekly updates on my Oneplus 7 pro.
Lineage is a very vanilla, neutral project to port many devices to an AOSP-based distribution of Android. It doesn't include the bells and whistles of other projects, but that's the point.
Countless other distributions use LineageOS as their starting point, and that's for good reason.
Hands down the best custom ROM I've tried so far. It allows you to install an Android operating system without the usual annoying apps and games that many phone companies tend to add to their commercially distributed Android systems. What I like the most is the option of being able to install the Google Apps by myself, being "Pico" the best option (the lighter version of the GApps). The only disadvantage is that it is necessary to have some advanced knowledge (make backups, root and install a custom recovery bootloader) being that there are also many phone models that are not supported, especially the Sony Xperia M series. There are users who solve this by installing a similar version for a different phone, but this usually produces incompatibilities, such as malfunctions of the front camera, among other various issues.