# AeolusUX/ArkOS-R3XS

Community Maintained Image of ArkOS for the RetroBox Console / Game Station / Game Consoie R35S / R36S / PowKiddy RGB20S

Repository: https://github.com/AeolusUX/ArkOS-R3XS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/arkos-r3xs
Homepage: https://aeolusux.github.io/ArkOS-R3XS/
Language: HTML
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-06-09T07:47:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 56, longevity 67
- inputs: {"age_days": 945, "days_push": 85, "days_rel": 299, "gap_med": 27, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1592, forks 72 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:08.822803+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: game-engine, embedded, configuration-management
- domain: gaming-tools, embedded-systems, self-hosted
- platform: embedded
- tags: retro-gaming, custom-firmware, retro-handhelds, arkos, r36s, r35s, rgb20s, emulationstation, community-image, panel-picker, linux, arm

## Member repositories
- AeolusUX/ArkOS-R3XS (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:08.822803+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 2026-08-30T03:54:16.524912+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AeolusUX/ArkOS-R3XS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:08.822803+00:00, sha 2b13ae9dff23)
  - homepage: https://aeolusux.github.io/ArkOS-R3XS/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:06.989037+00:00, sha f4886eaaedd4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.