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LineageOS

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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.

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  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Android
  • Android Tablet
4.1 / 5 Avg rating (19)
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Properties

  1.  Customizable
  2.  Security-focused
  3.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Mobile OS
  2.  Custom-ROM
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Sideload apps
  5.  No Tracking
  6.  No registration required
  7.  Dark Mode

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Comment summary: LineageOS is widely regarded as an excellent continuation of CyanogenMod, providing a Google-free, customizable, and stable Android experience. Users praise its compatibility with a wide array of devices and its open-source nature, although lacking in some advanced features seen in other custom ROMs. Criticism includes difficulties with certain security features like MicroG support, and limitations in truly prizing privacy as suggested by some users.
Top Positive Comment
Cora
Nov 7, 2018
5

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.

Top Negative Comment
DL300
Aug 30, 2022
2

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.

Sebastian
Dec 12, 2024
0

good alternative to Android

windmillchess
Jun 23, 2023
1

I'm still getting weekly updates on my Oneplus 7 pro.

Barrett
May 31, 2022
1

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.

Xahkyen
Nov 2, 2021
0

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.

Shoji
Dec 8, 2020
0
  • No Bloatware
  • Compatible With Substratum Theme Engine
  • True Dark Theme
  • Support Updater
  • Fastest Custom Rom Update,
  • Support Most Android Device,
  • Most Stable Custom Rom,
  • Gapps Not Included
  • Lack Of Features Compared To Other Aosp Rom
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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.

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LineageOS information

  • Developed by

    US flagLineageOS LLC
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.1 (19 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    47 alternatives listed
  • News

    3 news article related to LineageOS
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 15 comments and reviews about LineageOS, and it has gotten 319 likes

LineageOS was added to AlternativeTo by hook54321a on Dec 26, 2016 and this page was last updated Mar 31, 2025. LineageOS is sometimes referred to as Lineage, LineageOS.