A container-based approach to boot a full Android system on regular GNU/Linux systems running Wayland based desktop environments.
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Waydroid uses Linux namespaces (user, pid, uts, net, mount, ipc) to run a full Android system in a container and provide Android applications on any GNU/Linux-based platform (arm, arm64, x86, x86_64). The Android system inside the container has direct access to needed hardware through LXC and the binder interface.
The Project is completely free and open-source, currently our repo is hosted on Github.
Waydroid integrated with Linux adding the Android apps to your linux applications folder.
Waydroid expands on Android freeform window definition, adding a number of features.
For gaming and full screen entertainment, Waydroid can also be run to show the full Android UI.
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Waydroid brings all the apps you love, right to your desktop, working side by side your Linux applications.
The Android inside the container has direct access to needed hardwares.
The Android runtime environment ships with a minimal customized Android system image based on LineageOS. The used image is currently based on Android 13
Our documentation site can be found at docs.waydro.id
Bug Reports can be filed on our repo Github Repo
Our development repositories are hosted on Github
Please refer to our installation docs for complete installation guide.
You can also manually download our images from
SourceForge
For systemd distributions
Follow the install instructions for your linux distribution. You can find a list in our docs.
After installing you should start the waydroid-container service, if it was not started automatically:
sudo systemctl enable --now waydroid-container
Then launch Waydroid from the applications menu and follow the first-launch wizard.
If prompted, use the following links for System OTA and Vendor OTA:
https://ota.waydro.id/system
https://ota.waydro.id/vendor
For further instructions, please visit the docs site here
He loaded into the player’s bedroom in Cabo Poco. Everything was in its place: the Pokédex on the shelf, the poster of the Elite Four, his mother calling from downstairs that breakfast was ready.
He tried to move. His character responded, but the footsteps were silent. He opened the menu. His party was… wrong. Six Pokémon, all Level 100. All Koraidon . Not the noble, rideable version. These were hunched, skeletal, their crests cracked like dry earth. Their Ability wasn’t “Orichalcum Pulse.” It was “Hunger.”
“Save file loaded. Auto-save disabled… forever.”
That’s when he found the forum thread. Buried on page fourteen of a ROM-hacking site, a user named had posted a single line: "My Paldea isn't your Paldea. Download my save. See what's underneath." Kai knew the risks. Corrupted data. Banned online. A virus. But the thumbnail attached to the post showed something impossible: his own character’s room in Mesagoza, except the window looked out not onto the city, but onto a starless, crimson sky. Pokemon Scarlet Save File Download
Kai pressed A.
He clicked download.
Kai tried to pull out his phone to call for help—in real life. His phone was dark. Then a notification buzzed. He loaded into the player’s bedroom in Cabo Poco
And somewhere in the real world, on a forum thread now marked “404 - Not Found,” a new file appeared, ready for the next curious trainer:
He tried to exit to the Home menu. The button did nothing.
It was 2:47 AM. Three hours ago, he had beaten Pokémon Scarlet . He had caught Koraidon, become Champion, and watched the credits roll over a quiet, complete world. But completion, he’d learned, felt a lot like emptiness. His character responded, but the footsteps were silent
The opening cinematic was wrong. The cheerful school bell sounded like a warped music box. The title screen didn't show Koraidon leaping over a cliff. Instead, it showed a single, frozen frame: the Great Crater of Paldea, but the crater wasn't a hole. It was a mouth. Teeth made of tera crystals.
And at the bottom of the crater, where the time machine should have been, something massive stirred. A Pokémon that the Pokédex had no entry for. Its cry was not a roar, but a whisper:
A text box appeared—but not in the normal font. It was jagged, handwritten: “Don’t go downstairs. She’s not your mom.” Kai froze. The character model on screen turned its head slowly to face the camera. Not the in-game camera—directly at him , the player. Its eyes were hollow black sockets.
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