Podroid

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Podroid runs a real Alpine Linux VM with rootless Podman inside Android—no root required. Version 1.1.8 adds a full in-app terminal with inline image support (Sixel, iTerm2 imgcat, Kitty graphics), synchronized output to stop flicker in btop/nvim, OSC 8 hyperlinks, HarfBuzz ligatures for coding fonts, and proper terminal detection for modern apps.

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About this app

Podroid

Linux containers on Android. No root required.

A real Alpine Linux VM, a real Linux kernel, and rootless Podman, all in a single APK.

What's new

v1.1.8-debugApr 30, 2026
  • What's New in v1.1.8
  • This release ships a fully-featured in-app terminal — inline images, modern escape-sequence support, ligatures, and a top-sheet Quick Settings panel with custom font and theme import — and resolves two long-standing stability bugs (Pixel 10 SIGILL, orphan VM after uninstall).
  • Terminal — image protocols
  • Sixel: chafa, lsix, img2sixel, lazygit thumbnails, and any tool that emits DCS-Sixel now render inline. Fixed two parser bugs in the upstream fork along the way (the bare Pa;Pb;Pcq intro and the missing $ / - flush triggers). iTerm2 (OSC 1337): imgcat and friends just work. Kitty graphics protocol (a=T,f=100,t=d,m=0/1,c=,r=): multi-chunk PNG support, used by yazi/lf preview panes and kitty +kitten icat.
  • Terminal — modern features
  • DECSET 2026 synchronized output: the emulator advertises and honors atomic-frame mode, so btop / nvim / lazygit no longer flicker during partial redraws. OSC 8 hyperlinks: tap-to-open URLs from git, gh, lazygit, etc. HarfBuzz ligatures: 'liga' on, 'calt' on is enabled on the Paint, so JetBrains Mono / FiraCode / Cascadia render ===, =>, !=, -> as fused glyphs. XTVERSION (CSI > 0 q): emulator answers \eP>|Podroid <ver>\e\ so Neovim ≥0.10 and other modern apps detect the terminal correctly. COLORTERM=truecolor is now exported from /etc/profile.d inside the VM, so apps detect 24-bit color support without manual configuration. And more more!

About this version

Version
1.1.8-debug (20)
Size
181.08 MB
Requires Android
9
Target SDK
28
Architecture
arm64-v8a
Downloads
173
Updated
Apr 30, 2026
Package
com.excp.podroid.debug

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