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WayDroid

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.

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Platforms

  • Linux  Requires Wayland, won't work with X11 sessions
  • Linux Mobile
  • Arch Linux
  • Fedora  available here: [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/aleasto/waydroid/](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/aleasto/waydroid/)
  • Ubuntu
  • Debian
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Compatibility Layer
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  App integration
  4.  Multi-windows
  5.  No registration required
  6.  Fullscreen support
  7.  No Tracking
  8.  Works Offline
  9.  Container Virtualization
  10.  Low memory usage

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Tired Rabbit
2

This is still not perfect and some things are available only for arm devices with touch screen, but it has lighting speed performance compared to emulators.

There is also closed source arm translation layer you can install to launch arm-only apps on x86_64 commuters but it's taken directly from windows implementation and not really the best solution + it does not fix absence of touch compatibility in such apps

Top Negative Comment
Kyr4l
0

unavailable on openSUSE, no install instructions

Guest
-3

It has malware, it's monitoring your system network.

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LinuxDoge
0

Its now fully graphically installable. It runs as a systemd service, so a bit unconventional, its always running. But it is just a container and not an Emulator, so that is no problem. Apps integrate into the Desktop really well, you can run any apps just like native ones!

Actually Waydroid was my reason to try Wayland and its really great!

inoigt2048
-3

supports a very small fraction of GPU's and performance is not par with other options

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What is WayDroid?

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. The Android inside the container has direct access to needed hardwares.

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Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about WayDroid, and it has gotten 81 likes

WayDroid was added to AlternativeTo by bigbigboy on and this page was last updated .