# mayukh4/linux-android

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.

Repository: https://github.com/mayukh4/linux-android
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/linux-android
Homepage: https://youtu.be/tYm2rQpkOcg
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: adreno, android, bash-script, desktop-environment, gpu-acceleration, home-assistant, kde-plasma, linux, linux-on-android, lxqt, mesa, no-root, proot-distro, self-hosted, smart-home, termux, termux-x11, turnip, vulkan, xfce
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:13:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 13
- inputs: {"age_days": 185, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2359, forks 191 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:40.748865+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, self-hosted, gui, configuration-management
- domain: operating-systems, self-hosted, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cli
- tags: termux, proot-distro, gpu-acceleration, turnip-vulkan, home-assistant, desktop-environment, bash-script, no-root, smart-home, automation, android, linux

## Member repositories
- mayukh4/linux-android (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.748865+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 2026-08-30T02:36:13.708938+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mayukh4/linux-android (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.748865+00:00, sha cc4d416d61c0)
  - homepage: https://youtu.be/tYm2rQpkOcg (fetched 2026-08-29T10:16:47.527251+00:00, sha 0def9f143ed0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.