AeolusUX/ArkOS-R3XS
Community Maintained Image of ArkOS for the RetroBox Console / Game Station / Game Consoie R35S / R36S / PowKiddy RGB20S observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 86
- Release rhythm 56
- Longevity 67
Flags: archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 27
- age_days: 945
- days_rel: 299
- days_push: 85
- n_releases_24m: 16
Adoption not part of the score
1592 stars · 72 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A community-maintained ArkOS firmware image for budget retro handheld consoles like the R35S, R36S, and PowKiddy RGB20S. It provides a ready-to-flash Linux-based retro gaming OS with multi-panel display support via a boot-time Panel Picker Mode.
Use cases
- flash custom firmware onto an R36S retro handheld
- install ArkOS on a PowKiddy RGB20S console
- fix wrong screen panel display on R35S clone handhelds
- set up retro game emulation on a Game Station R35S
- switch display panels on an R36H handheld
- download archived ArkOS images for R33S R35S R36S devices
When to choose
- you own an R35S, R36S, R36H, R33S, R46H, or PowKiddy RGB20S handheld and want a community-tuned ArkOS image
- your clone handheld has an unsupported screen panel and you need Panel Picker Mode
- you want prebuilt downloadable images with multi-panel support
When to avoid
- you want actively maintained firmware - the project is discontinued in favor of dArkOS
- you own a device not listed among the supported R3XS handhelds
- you need official support rather than community Discord help
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
game-engine embedded configuration-management gaming-tools embedded-systems self-hosted embedded retro-gaming custom-firmware retro-handhelds arkos r36s r35s rgb20s emulationstation community-image panel-picker linux arm
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/AeolusUX/ArkOS-R3XS · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2b13ae9dff23
- homepage: https://aeolusux.github.io/ArkOS-R3XS/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · f4886eaaedd4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| AeolusUX/ArkOS-R3XS | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="AeolusUX/ArkOS-R3XS")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem