VineOS

A free, open-source, ad-free Android-on-Android virtual machine. Run a full isolated Android guest inside your existing device, with 32-bit app support on arm64-only hardware via QEMU user-mode emulation.

Features 🆓 Completely free: no paywalls, no premium tiers, no ads, ever 🔓 Open source: GPL-3.0, fully auditable 📦 Multiple ROMs: Android 7.1, 9.0, 11, 12 (more planned) 🏗️ 32-bit support everywhere: runs armeabi-v7a apps on arm64-only devices via QEMU user-mode binary translation 🖥️ Multi-host support: builds and runs on arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86_64, and x86 devices, not just ARM 🎨 Material You: dynamic color from your wallpaper on Android 12+, static vine-green fallback on 8-11 ⚡ Lightweight: zero background overhead when no VM is running, no persistent daemons 🔒 Isolated: PID, mount, UTS, and IPC namespace separation 🌱 Multi-instance: run multiple independent VMs simultaneously 🔧 Root support: optional Magisk/root inside instances (requires rooted host) ⚡ Shizuku: optional, no-root privilege probe via ADB/Wireless Debugging (see docs/NOROOT_RESEARCH.md) 📱 minSdk 26, targetSdk 37: supports Android 8.0 through Android 17

VineOS runs a complete, isolated Android operating system inside your existing Android device, without modifying the host OS or requiring root on most paths.

Unlike simple "app cloners" (Parallel Space, Dual Space) that sandbox individual apps, VineOS virtualizes the full Android stack: its own init, Zygote, SurfaceFlinger, ServiceManager, and everything else. You get a real second phone inside your phone.

Why VineOS over alternatives like VPhoneOS or VMOS?

Feature VineOS VPhoneOS VMOS Virtual Master Open source ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ Ad-free ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ Free (fully) ✅ Partial Partial ❌ 32-bit on arm64-only devices ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ Runs on arm, x86, and x86_64 hosts ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ GPL-3.0 licensed ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ Material You ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ Multiple ROM versions ✅ Paid Partial Paid No telemetry ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌