Shelter
A Free and Open-Source (FOSS) app that leverages the "Work Profile" feature of Android to provide an isolated space that you can install or clone apps into. (by PeterCxy)
island
Island for Android (by oasisfeng)
| Shelter | island | |
|---|---|---|
| 62 | 23 | |
| 2,532 | 2,972 | |
| 2.7% | 3.3% | |
| 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| 6 months ago | 4 days ago | |
| Java | Java | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | Apache License 2.0 |
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Shelter
Posts with mentions or reviews of Shelter.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-30.
- Why Android developers no longer need Windows USB drivers
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Can apps send your data if it hasnt got network permissions?
After a while you just say "dang it, will not allow this anymore" and take the high road. If you are using one device for all purposes but need those paid and proprietary apps installed, consider running them within a different profile. There is a good floss app for that called [Shelter](https://gitea.angry.im/PeterCxy/Shelter) because on vanilla android this feature might not be possible for your phone (on Pixel phones for example android offers to use Google Work Profile but you need a special account for that). Shelter can create a work profile on your phone, you can install programs within your different profile. This might help a bit :)
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Shelter (version 427): Shelter is a Free and Open-Source (FOSS) app that leverages the "Work Profile" feature of Android to provide an isolated space that you can install or clone apps into.
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A.expense.MaliciousLoadSdk
You can get Shelter at F-Droid https://www.f-droid.org/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/ Or Github (Github package is outdated) https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter/releases/tag/1.6
- Dual Sim
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Cool Minma Icon with NothingPhone
Download app-release.apk https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter/releases
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My school is forcing its students to download a proprietary 2FA app. This is ridiculous.
For Android you don't even need to change your OS. You can install Shelter and use it to isolate the app.
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WhatsApp now works on four phones. Signal when?
There are Apps like Island, Shelter and Insular that allow you to (ab-)use these work profiles to provide sandboxed environments for specific apps, including the ability to have a separate instance of an app in each work profile sandbox.
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Yesterday my friend told me the bottom half of your iphone screams I USE LINUX BTW lol
Apps Isolated via Shelter for full privacy
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Microsoft tests Windows account menu error badge when Microsoft Account not used
If you are on an android phone what supports shelter[1], I can recommend installing "social" apps inside the shelter, and just sleep the apps when you don't use them.
In regards to windows, it feels to me as morphing into a solution for large corporations if disregarding the tabloid news while leaving private users just waiting for a friendly OS to be presented for them.
[1] https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter
island
Posts with mentions or reviews of island.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-01.
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Best android apps, like, ever?
Island - for app isolation
- Unable to setup company work profile although installed google play services.
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WhatsApp now works on four phones. Signal when?
There are Apps like Island, Shelter and Insular that allow you to (ab-)use these work profiles to provide sandboxed environments for specific apps, including the ability to have a separate instance of an app in each work profile sandbox.
- 国内使用Telegram的安全性解析(转自iyouport)
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Running Android Apps "In Jail?"
Island seems like it's FOSS too? Am I missing something? https://github.com/oasisfeng/island
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Question on Shelter
Shelter is a fork of Island. https://github.com/oasisfeng/island
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[Help] Sandboxing an "Admin App" without it throwing a wobbly?
Using an app like island or shelter could maybe do the job.
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Built in dual app? how to enable dual app on Nothing phone without using 3rd party app?
and if you have any doubts about security, it's open source
- 我们要装反诈app了，应该怎么办呀
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Android VM for Android
Also, why do you need Android VM for Android? Can't you just use separate work profile as implemented by Island and Shelter?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Shelter and island you can also consider the following projects:
Insular - A sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data outside the sandbox (including call logs, contacts, photos and etc) even if related permissions are granted. Device-bound data (SMS, IMEI and etc) is still accessible.
Insular - A sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data outside the sandbox (including call logs, contacts, photos and etc) even if related permissions are granted. Device-bound data (SMS, IMEI and etc) is still accessible.
KISS - Lightning fast, open-source, < 250kb Android launcher
waydroid - Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.
apk-editor-studio - Powerful yet easy to use APK editor for PC and Mac.