86 open-source developer and terminal tools
Open Source Terminal & Dev Tools for Android
The most popular open-source developer and terminal tools for Android on GitHub are RustDesk, Godot Editor 3 and Termux. appsgit lists 86, 67 of them on F-Droid, each with its license, last commit and store links.
Updated Oct 28, 2026
Open Source Terminal & Dev Tools for Android
RustDesk
rustdesk/rustdesk
An open-source remote desktop application, the TeamViewer alternative.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidGodot Editor 3
godotengine/godot
All-in-one, cross-platform game engine.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Termux
termux/termux-app
Terminal emulator with packages.
Maintained · last commit Sep 26, 2026
OfficialDeveloper & terminal toolsAndroidMagisk
topjohnwu/Magisk
Magisk is a suite of open source software for customizing Android, supporting devices higher than Android 5.0.
Active · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidaFreeRDP
FreeRDP/FreeRDP
FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol client.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Acode IDE
Acode-Foundation/Acode
Code editor for Android with Linux terminal, Git, plugins and AI tools.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
MIFARE Classic Tool
ikarus23/MifareClassicTool
An NFC app for reading, writing, analyzing, etc.
Maintained · last commit Oct 11, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
WiFiAnalyzer
VREMSoftwareDevelopment/WiFiAnalyzer
Optimize your Wi-Fi network.
Active · last commit Oct 3, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
PCAPdroid
emanuele-f/PCAPdroid
No-root network monitor, firewall and PCAP dumper for Android.
Active · last commit Sep 26, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Bluetooth LE Spam
simondankelmann/Bluetooth-LE-Spam
Impersonate Bluetooth Low Energy devices, causing pop-ups on receiving devices.
Maintained · last commit Oct 12, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidTermux:API
termux/termux-api
Access Android functions from Termux.
Maintained · last commit Sep 17, 2026
OfficialDeveloper & terminal toolsAndroidUserLAnd
CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd
Easiest way to run GNU/Linux Distros on Android - no root required.
Maintained · last commit Oct 19, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidPodroid
ExTV/Podroid
A rootless Android app that boots Alpine Linux: run containers (Podman/Docker/LXC) and GUI desktop apps.
Active · last commit Oct 20, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
EtchDroid ISO to USB Writer
etchdroid/etchdroid
Write operating system ISO images to USB drives, no root required.
Active · last commit Aug 21, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
ConnectBot
connectbot/connectbot
Simple, powerful, open-source SSH client for Android.
Active · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidEssentials
sameerasw/essentials
Essential tools and mods for Android nerds.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidBreeze
deretame/Breeze
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Active · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidiOSApidash
foss42/apidash
API Dash is a beautiful AI-powered open-source cross-platform (Desktop & Mobile) API Client built using Flutter which can help you easily create & customize your HTTP & GraphQL API requests…
Maintained · last commit Oct 24, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsiOS
aShell You
DP-Hridayan/aShellYou
A material you designed app for your ADB needs.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
GitSync
ViscousPot/GitSync
Git client for syncing a repository between remote and a local directory.
Active · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidiOS
NFCGate
nfcgate/nfcgate
An NFC research toolkit application for Android.
Maintained · last commit Jul 20, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
droidVNC-NG
bk138/droidVNC-NG
VNC server app that does not require root privileges.
Active · last commit Oct 25, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidAnubias
4xmen/anubias
Developed mobile apps so easy and native with GUI.
Maintained · last commit Oct 6, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
MMRL
MMRLApp/MMRL
A modules manager for Magisk & KernelSU.
Maintained · last commit Aug 18, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Nix-on-Droid
nix-community/nix-on-droid
Nix package manager for Android.
Maintained · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Linux Command Library
SimonSchubert/LinuxCommandLibrary
9257 manual pages, 30 basic categories and a bunch of general terminal tips.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidiOSHappier
happier-dev/happier
Web, Desktop & Mobile client and orchestrator for Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Pi, Cursor, Grok, Antigravity, Kimi, Augment Code, Qwen, fully end-to-end encrypted.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsiOSShizukuPlus
thejaustin/ShizukuPlus
Shizuku+ brings Root/ADB/Dhizuku unification, a Plus API suite, OneUI/Android 16+ support, M3E theming, TCP connectivity, improved customization, & more.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidMGit
maks/MGit
View and interact with git repositories.
Maintained · last commit Sep 18, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
FakeTraveler
mcastillof/FakeTraveler
Fake where your phone is located (Mock location for Android).
Maintained · last commit May 14, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
APK Explorer & Editor
apk-editor/APK-Explorer-Editor
An open-source APK explorer/Editor & Split APK/App bundle Installer for Android!
Active · last commit Oct 7, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Haven SSH Client
GlassHaven/Haven
SSH terminal, Wayland desktop, VNC/RDP, cloud storage & SFTP for Android.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Activity Manager
sdex/ActivityManager
Advanced activities and shortcuts launcher.
Active · last commit Oct 11, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Geto
T31n/Geto
Apply device settings to your apps.
Active · last commit Sep 2, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
GPTMobile
Taewan-P/gpt_mobile
Your all in one chat assistant - Chat with multiple LLMs at once!
Active · last commit Oct 10, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
AVNC
gujjwal00/avnc
Fast & Secure VNC client for Android.
Active · last commit Sep 12, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
disky
newhinton/disky
A filesystem analyzer that can show you the usage of your storage!
Maintained · last commit May 31, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidLogcat Reader
darshanparajuli/LogcatReader
A simple app to view logs.
Maintained · last commit May 25, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
De-Bloater
sunilpaulmathew/De-Bloater
Use the power of Magisk/Kernel SU to de-bloat system applications systemless-ly.
Maintained · last commit May 25, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidCosmic IDE
Cosmic-Ide/Cosmic-IDE
A full fledged Java and Kotlin IDE for Android devices.
Maintained · last commit Sep 19, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidKikoFlu
pa-jesusf/KikoFlu
Kikoeru Flutter ASMR player app, 跨平台同人音声客户端.
Active · last commit Sep 19, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidiOS
Mobile Harness
techjarves/Mobile-Harness
AI coding, Linux terminal, files, diffs, and previews on Android.
Too new to judge · created Aug 20, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidVisual Code Space
Visual-Code-Space/Visual-Code-Space
A Modern Code Editor for Android.
Maintained · last commit Oct 21, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
WADBS
Smooth-E/wireless-adb-switch
Switch Android's Wireless Debugging feature on and off quickly.
Maintained · last commit Sep 30, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
MultiVNC
bk138/multivnc
VNC viewer that aims to be easy to use and fast.
Maintained · last commit Oct 22, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidiOSAdb Device Manager 2
Shrey113/Adb-Device-Manager-2
Dual-control Android management for Windows — ADB Mode (scrcpy GUI mirroring & control) and App Mode (calls, media, notifications, Audio Cast).
Active · last commit Aug 28, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroidAnLinux
EXALAB/AnLinux-Adfree
Run Linux On Android Without Root Access.
Active · last commit Sep 17, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Network Survey
christianrowlands/android-network-survey
Displays and Logs Cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GNSS Network Survey Details.
Active · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Developer & terminal toolsAndroid
Showing 1-48 of 86 by GitHub stars. All mobile apps A to Z · JSON API
What are the best open-source developer and terminal tools?
By GitHub stars, RustDesk is the most popular (127,353 stars), followed by Godot Editor 3 and Termux. Each page lists the license, the last commit and the F-Droid, Google Play or App Store link when the project publishes one.
Which of these apps work on iPhone?
11 of the 86 open-source developer and terminal tools listed here run on iOS, including Breeze and Apidash, and 84 run on Android.
Are these apps on F-Droid?
67 of the 86 are on F-Droid, which builds them from source. 60 of those have no anti-features (such as ads, tracking or a non-free network service) flagged by F-Droid; each app page lists any that are.
How are these open-source developer and terminal tools chosen?
Apps come from the F-Droid index (apps whose source code is on GitHub), GitHub topics such as android-app, flutter-app, ios-app and jetpack-compose, and a short hand-checked list of official apps that are not on F-Droid. An app is listed only if its license is OSI-approved or FSF-free (F-Droid's license first, then GitHub's), the repository has a README and a commit in the last six months and is not archived, and it has 100+ GitHub stars (F-Droid apps) or 300+ stars (everything else). Libraries, SDKs, templates, samples and demo apps are left out. Source-available apps are never listed.