postmarketOS
postmarketOS extends the free and open source operating system Alpine Linux to run on smartphones and other mobile devices. Alpine is a security-oriented, light-weight Linux distribution based on musl libc and BusyBox.
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Mobile OS
- Linux-based
- No Tracking
- Ad-free
- Sustainability
- Command line interface
- No registration required
Tags
- Linux
- mobile-operating-systems
postmarketOS News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about postmarketOS
postmarketOS 25.12 brings Alpine 3.23 base, GNOME 49, Plasma Mobile 6.5 & kernel updatespostmarketOS 25.12 has been released, delivering the latest upgrade for mobile and other supported ...
- Maoholguin published news article about postmarketOS
postmarketOS adds Fairphone 6, iPhone X, major Apple and VR supportThe Linux system for mobile devices postmarketOS expanded in July 2025 with ports to seven new devi...
- POX published news article about postmarketOS
postmarketOS 25.06 adds systemd, GNOME 48, Plasma Mobile 6.3.5, Thunderbird mobile, & morepostmarketOS 25.06 has been released, marking the latest upgrade for this Linux-based mobile operat...
Recent activities
- soul1472 liked postmarketOS
OpenSourceSoftware added postmarketOS as alternative to Marathon OS
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What is postmarketOS?
postmarketOS extends the free and open source operating system Alpine Linux to run on smartphones and other mobile devices. Alpine is a security-oriented, light-weight Linux distribution based on musl libc and BusyBox.
Currently, postmarketOS is for Linux enthusiasts. In the long term, postmarketOS shall empower ordinary people to be in control of their phone (and not the other way around).
postmarketOS is for Linux enthusiasts. The more complete device ports (mostly aarch64 devices in main and community categories) are capable of running modern mobile interfaces Phosh, Plasma Mobile and Sxmo.
Other interfaces and devices are either for testing or serve a special purpose. For example, because of its hardware keyboard, one can use the classic N900 with i3wm.
postmarketOS information
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postmarketOS Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Alternatives
38 alternatives listedNews
9 news article related to postmarketOSSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
postmarketOS is the only non-Android Linux OS that I can recommend. It gives users a lot of variety for desktop environment choices while keeping everything relatively stable.
It also supports a couple dozen devices, which is enough to make it desirable for some people. In my view, pmOS is the most private phone you can get that still works. :)
The only currently long-term sustainable phone operating system.
A full version of Linux on the phone!