Open Source Emulator

Podroid

Run Alpine Linux containers and GUI desktops on Android phones

Linux Virtualization Android Emulator Container

Android docker javascript kotlin Podman QEMU Shell

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At a glance

Primary use case: Run Alpine Linux containers and GUI desktops on Android phones
Best for: Emulator — Linux, Virtualization
Stack: Android, docker, javascript, kotlin
License: GPL-2.0
Maintenance: 2 weeks ago
Access: Open source
Documentation path: https://extv.github.io/Podroid/guide/

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Website

https://github.com/ExTV/Podroid

Repository

https://github.com/ExTV/Podroid

Documentation

https://extv.github.io/Podroid/guide/

Source

https://github.com/ExTV/Podroid

Read Markdown

https://www.fosshunter.com/tools/podroid.md

Read JSON

https://www.fosshunter.com/tools/podroid.json

About this tool

Podroid is a rootless Android application that boots a full Alpine Linux virtual machine. It allows users to run Podman, Docker, and LXC containers alongside X11 GUI desktop environments with hardware acceleration and USB passthrough.

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License

GPL-2.0

Last Push

2026-10-20 14:09:03 UTC

Metrics observed at

2026-11-04 07:12:32 UTC

Features

Boots a full Alpine Linux virtual machine with a custom kernel.
Supports running Podman, Docker, and LXC containers without root.
Includes an integrated X11 server for running Linux GUI applications.

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