mayukh4/linux-android
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Turn an old Android phone into a GPU-accelerated Linux desktop (XFCE4 / KDE Plasma / LXQt / MATE) or a Home Assistant smart home server — using Termux. No root, no PC, no cloud. observed · 2026-09-21
Health v2 · maintenance only
56/100
- Activity 91
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 16
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 233
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 55
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3535 stars · 262 forks observed · 2026-09-21
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A set of Bash scripts that turn an old Android phone into a GPU-accelerated Linux desktop (XFCE4, KDE Plasma, LXQt, or MATE) or a Home Assistant smart home server using Termux and proot-distro, with no root required. It leverages Termux-X11 and Turnip/Adreno Vulkan drivers for hardware acceleration on Snapdragon devices.
Use cases
- repurpose an old android phone as a linux desktop
- run xfce or kde plasma on android without root
- set up a home assistant smart home hub on a spare phone
- get gpu-accelerated vulkan graphics in termux linux
- run a lightweight ssh server and python dev environment on android
- self-host home automation without a raspberry pi or cloud
When to choose
- you have a spare arm64 Android phone with 3GB+ RAM and want a Linux desktop or smart home hub without extra hardware
- you want a no-root, no-PC, no-cloud setup guided by a single script
- you have a Snapdragon device and want GPU acceleration via Turnip/Mesa
When to avoid
- you need a native or fully virtualized Linux install rather than a proot-based environment
- your phone has very little RAM/storage or a non-arm64 CPU
- you need production-grade performance or security isolation for the self-hosted services
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
developer-tools self-hosted gui configuration-management operating-systems self-hosted developer-tools cross-platform cli termux proot-distro gpu-acceleration turnip-vulkan home-assistant desktop-environment bash-script no-root smart-home automation android linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mayukh4/linux-android · fetched 2026-09-21 · cc4d416d61c0
- homepage: https://youtu.be/tYm2rQpkOcg · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0def9f143ed0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mayukh4/linux-android | main | 56 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="mayukh4/linux-android")
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