# anbox/anbox

Anbox is a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system

Repository: https://github.com/anbox/anbox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/anbox
Homepage: https://anbox.io
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: android, anbox, snap, linux
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-02-06T22:17:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3479, "days_push": 939, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9046, forks 1158 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:28.125309+00:00)

## What it is
Anbox is a container-based tool that boots a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux host using Linux namespaces, without virtualization overhead. Development has officially stalled and the project is no longer actively maintained, with Waydroid recommended as a successor.

## Use cases
- run android apps on linux desktop
- boot a full android system in a container on ubuntu
- run android without a virtual machine emulator
- test android applications on a linux host
- run android on postmarketOS or ubuntu touch devices

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, container-based Android runtime on Linux and accept unmaintained software
- you are studying container-based Android architectures or contributing to a fork
- your hardware/distro predates Waydroid support

## When to avoid
- you want actively maintained software with security updates
- you need modern Android versions or Wayland desktop support - use Waydroid instead
- you want Android in the cloud at scale - use Anbox Cloud instead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: container-runtime, gui
- domain: operating-systems, android-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cpp
- tags: android-emulation, lxc-containers, snap-package, waydroid-alternative, discontinued, containers, linux

## Member repositories
- anbox/anbox (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.125309+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:24:03.395332+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/anbox/anbox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.125309+00:00, sha 87151bbc1e7c)
  - homepage: https://anbox.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:58.208611+00:00, sha e3739449b2e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.