CLUSTER ANDROID-EMULATOR-TERMINAL · 13 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2015-10-26
Android terminal emulator apps
This cluster consists of Android terminal emulators and developer tools that provide Linux environments, Unix command execution, SSH/tmux workspaces, and utilities. The dated history shows sparse entries from 2015 to 2019, then a gap until a period of activity from early 2025 through mid-2026. tmuxes leads on traction with 9 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 2 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 9 unlabelled
Operator · 2 hobby · 1 commercial · 8 open source · 2 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 13 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01cmux-pocket6★1 mo—Android companion app for cmux that provides secure multi-workspace terminal rendering over a gateway.
- 02Terminator0★1 moliveopen sourceAndroid terminal emulator with multiple sessions, Material UI theming, and root support for customizing the terminal environment.
- 03PufiX1★23 days—hobbyTerminal-style utility app for Android that provides notes, calculator, timer, text tools, and simple games in a command-line interface.
- 04tmuxes9★1 mo—ai-builthobbyAndroid terminal app providing durable SSH/tmux workspaces, launcher widgets, and SSH forwarding for remote development.
- 05byedroid0★2 moliveopen sourceTerminal UI that helps developers with common Android development tasks.
- 06a-Shell0★24 dayslivecommercialMobile terminal emulator running Unix commands, scripting languages, and text-processing tools locally on the device, controllable from Shortcuts.
- 07ReTerminal0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal emulator for Android that provides a modern command-line interface for developers and users.
- 08Termux:GUI0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceAdd-on that lets Termux applications create native Android graphical user interfaces directly from terminal programs.
- 09termux-app0★1 yrabandonedliveai-builtTerminal emulator for Android that provides a Linux environment.
- 10Terminal Emulator0★5 moliveopen sourceAndroid terminal emulator that emulates VT-100 terminals and runs console programs like vi and emacs in the Android shell.
- 11compose-cli-bin0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceCommand-line tool for Android developers to manage Compose projects from the terminal.
- 12Termux:Float0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourcePlugin for Termux that provides a floating terminal window for Android users.
- 13Termux0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceAndroid terminal emulator providing a Linux environment with a package manager for running shell commands and development tools.
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