Replicant (operating system)
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Replicant is a free operating system (OS) based on the Android mobile platform that intends to replace all proprietary Android components with free-software counterparts.[7][8] It is available for several smartphones and tablet computers.[9] It is written in the same programming languages as Android (from which it is forked indirectly). The modifications are mostly in the C language;[10] the changes are mostly to the lower-level parts of the OS, such as the Linux kernel and drivers that use it.
Developer | Denis Carikli, Joonas Kylmälä, Fil Bergamo, Paul Kocialkowski[1] |
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OS family | Android (Linux) |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | Mid-2010; 14 years ago (2010) |
Latest release | 6.0 0004[2] (June 3, 2022; 23 months ago (2022-06-03)) [±] |
Repository | |
Package manager | APK |
Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
Userland | Bionic C library,[3][4] mksh shell,[5] native core utilities with a few from NetBSD[6] |
License | Apache License 2.0, GNU GPLv2, and various other licenses |
Official website | www |
The name Replicant is drawn from the fictional replicant androids in the Blade Runner movie.[7] Replicant is sponsored and supported by the Free Software Foundation[7][11] and partially by NLnet.[12][13]