Linux Mobile

A map of the open-source projects making a real Linux phone possible, from the kernel up to the apps you tap on the home screen.
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Stack

Hardware enablement

Kernel, drivers, mainlining

Kernel

Linux kernel

Mesa 3D

Open GPU drivers

U-Boot

Bootloader for ARM devices

Distributions

How it all gets shipped to a device

postmarketOS

Alpine based distribution

Mobian

Debian based distribution

PureOS

Debian based distribution developed by Purism

Fedora Pocketblue Remix

Fedora based distribution

Desktop Environments

The lock screen, home screen, gestures

Phosh

A user interface for your mobile phone

Plasma Mobile

The KDE Plasma Mobile environment

GNOME Mobile

A WIP Gnome fork with mobile support

Middlewares

Services, calls, SMS, modem, audio, sensors

Wayland

Display server protocol

ModemManager

Talks to cellular modems - calls, SMS, data

Pipewire

Audio routing

feedbackd

A daemon to provide haptic, led and audio feedback triggered by application events

Plymouth

Boot splash and boot logger

NetworkManager

Network configuration

Systemd

System and service manager

Flatpak

Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework

libinput

Input device management and event handling library

Apps

The applications you will use every day

Flathub

The best place to get Flatpak apps

GNOME Apps

Discover the best applications in the GNOME ecosystem

KDE Apps

Discover the best applications in the KDE ecosystem

Waydroid

Run Android apps with a container-based approach

Android Translation Layer

Run Android apps with a Wine like approach