proot VS TermuxArch

Compare proot vs TermuxArch and see what are their differences.

proot

chroot, mount --bind, and binfmt_misc without privilege/setup for Linux (by proot-me)

TermuxArch

Experience the pleasure of the Linux command prompt in Android, Chromebook, Fire OS and Windows on smartphone, smartTV, tablet and wearable https://termuxarch.github.io/TermuxArch/ (by TermuxArch)
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proot TermuxArch
6 22
1,846 873
1.1% 1.4%
2.0 0.0
11 days ago 10 months ago
C Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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proot

Posts with mentions or reviews of proot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.

TermuxArch

Posts with mentions or reviews of TermuxArch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-23.
  • Linux on smartphones.
    1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 31 Jul 2022
    Termux includes a Terminal, its own Linux distro, and an apt-like package repo and manager. However, I prefer to install another distro on top of it, like Arch.
  • Testing for aur helper installers on Android
    2 projects | /r/archlinux | 23 Mar 2022
    They are made when Arch Linux is installed with TermuxArch and also with the bloom skeleton option, setupTermuxArch bl.
    1 project | /r/archlinux | 23 Mar 2022
    TermuxArch publishes aur helper installers that work on Android smartphones:
  • QEMU with KVM enable
    2 projects | /r/termux | 19 Mar 2022
    Would you like to try to setup KVM? If so please open an issue here. If we are successfull r/WMCBTech30 will probably state our work as find it irrelevant and unhelpful as they already have.
  • arch linux x86_64 on termux
    1 project | /r/termux | 19 Mar 2022
    setupTermuxArch qemu installs alternate architectures with two taps. The command csystemctl installs a systemd replacement that appears to work as expected.
  • Arch (BTW) on my Android phone
    2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 17 Mar 2022
    This was achieved through Termux and the TermuxArch script
  • QEMU on termux can run OS?
    1 project | /r/termux | 6 Mar 2022
    references: a) https://github.com/TermuxArch/TermuxArch/issues/25 b) https://github.com/TermuxArch/TermuxArch/issues?q=is%3Aissue+qemu
  • New commands added for Termux users.
    1 project | /r/termux | 9 Feb 2022
    This commit added a handfull of aur builders two days ago that are now easily accessable! makeauraclegit makeaurpopularpackages makeaurbauerbill makeaurpuyo makeaurfakeroottcp makeaurrepoctl makeaurghcuphs makeaurrepofish makeaurhelpers makeaurrustup makeaurpacaur makeaurshellcheckbin makeaurpackagequery makeaurtllocalmgr makeaurpakku makeaurtrizen makeaurparu makeaurutils makeaurpbget makeauryaah makeaurpikaur makeauryay makeaurpikaur-git makeauryayim makeaurpkgbuilder
  • [Package Request]: The GHCup-hs Haskell installer
    4 projects | /r/termux | 9 Feb 2022
    GHCup-hs works flawlessly in TermuxArch; THANK YOU! Did you know that Haskell can play music from code? Tap here to see video search results.
  • [Package]: The GHCup-hs Haskell installer #8758
    3 projects | /r/termux | 25 Jan 2022
    GHCup-hs works flawlessly in https://github.com/TermuxArch/TermuxArch THANK YOU TERMUX!

What are some alternatives?

When comparing proot and TermuxArch you can also consider the following projects:

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

QEMU - Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

ubuntu-in-termux - This is a script by which you can install Ubuntu in your termux application without a rooted device

manjaro-fs-arm64 - Manjaro rootfs with xfce4 and vncserver preinstalled. Just setup username, password and vnc password. Also one more edition with latest Anki preinstalled.

termux-packages - A package build system for Termux.

termux-arch - You can use setupTermuxArch.sh 📲 to install Arch Linux in Termux on Android and Chrome. This setup script will attempt to set Arch Linux up in your Termux environment.

ShellCheck - ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts

termux-app - Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.

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

termux-fedora - A script to install a Fedora chroot into Termux

junest - The lightweight Arch Linux based distro that runs, without root privileges, on top of any other Linux distro.