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Terminal emulator that runs Linux distributions via proot without root access. Supports multiple distros including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Kali with multi-session tabs, three themes, and customizable fonts. Version 2.0 ships self-built rootfs images for all four architectures with preinstalled core tools, preserving shell customizations across updates.

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About this app

A terminal emulator for Android that runs Linux distributions (Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Void, openSUSE) via proot — no root required.

Built from the ReTerminal proot source with the POKEDATA_WORKAROUND for ARM64, SECCOMP_FILTER, and HAVE_PROCESS_VM support.

Features

- Multiple Linux distros installable from the app - Proot-based execution — no root required, no system modification - Full terminal with extra keys row - Multi-session support with drawer switcher - Three color themes (Catppuccin Dark, Green Terminal, Light) - Foreground service with notification controls - Font size adjustment - Haptic feedback on key press - Auto-init: first-time distro setup installs packages (nano, curl, wget, git, openssl, bash) and writes a full .bashrc with aliases, colored prompt, and completion

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

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What's new

v2.0.0Sep 23, 2026

All 11 distros now ship as self-built rootfs images, replacing previous third-party sources. - Full 4-architecture support: every distro now supports aarch64, arm, x86_64, and i686. - All rootfs ship with bash, curl, wget, sudo, procps, nano, vim, less, and openssl preinstalled — no large downloads on first boot. - First-time setup is now much simpler: only sudo is installed. - Updated distro versions: AlmaLinux 10, Debian 13.7, Fedora 44, Kali 2026.2, Ubuntu 26.04. - Added settings section icons and Material buttons on the welcome screen. - Full localization support: all hardcoded text moved to string resources. - Shell configs are no longer overwritten, so your customizations are preserved. - Supports Android 7.0+ (API 24+) on ARM64, ARM, x86_64, and x86 devices. - Various lint fixes, performance improvements, and resource cleanup.