proot-distro VS termux-app

Compare proot-distro vs termux-app and see what are their differences.

proot-distro

An utility for managing installations of the Linux distributions in Termux. (by termux)

termux-app

Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages. (by termux)
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proot-distro termux-app
35 479
1,447 30,847
8.1% 5.7%
9.3 6.6
about 1 month ago 10 days ago
Shell Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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proot-distro

Posts with mentions or reviews of proot-distro. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-07.

termux-app

Posts with mentions or reviews of termux-app. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-23.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing proot-distro and termux-app you can also consider the following projects:

termux-desktop - Setup A Beautiful Desktop/GUI In Termux

termux-wayland - Not released and unmaintained Termux X11 add-on application.

termux-archlinux - You can use setupTermuxArch.bash πŸ“² to install Arch Linux in Termux on Amazon, Android, Chromebook and Windows. https://sdrausty.github.io/termux-archlinux/

UserLAnd - Main UserLAnd Repository

proot - An chroot-like implementation using ptrace.

termux-api - Termux add-on app which exposes device functionality as API to command line programs.

termux-x11 - Not released and unmaintained Termux X11 add-on application.

termux-packages - A package build system for Termux.

x11-packages - A set of packages using X11 Windows System.

ubuntu-on-android - Run Ubuntu with pre-installed Desktop Environments in android/termux with ease! Everything is preinstalled so just download install and doneπŸš€πŸš€