Replicant (operating system)
Replicant is a free operating system (OS) based on the Android mobile platform that intends to replace all proprietary Android components with free-software counterparts. It is available for several smartphones and tablet computers. It is written in the same programming languages as Android (from which it is forked indirectly). The modifications are mostly in the C language; the changes are mostly to the lower-level parts of the OS, such as the Linux kernel and drivers that use it.
| Developer | Denis Carikli, Joonas Kylmälä, Fil Bergamo, Paul Kocialkowski |
|---|---|
| OS family | Android (Linux) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | Mid-2010 |
| Latest release | 6.0 0004 (June 3, 2022) [±] |
| Repository | |
| Package manager | APK |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | Bionic C library, mksh shell, native core utilities with a few from NetBSD |
| License | Apache License 2.0, GNU GPLv2, and various other licenses |
| Official website | www |
The name Replicant is drawn from the fictional replicant androids in the Blade Runner movie. Replicant is sponsored and supported by the Free Software Foundation and partially by NLnet.
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