List of open-source mobile phones

This is a list of mobile phones with open-source operating systems.

See also

Notes

All available mobile phones have proprietary baseband (GSM module) firmware.[1] There is an open-source baseband project, OsmocomBB. There is a project based on illicit leaked source code for the Calypso modem called FreeCalypso.

Android-based devices do not appear on this list because of the heavy use of proprietary components, particularly drivers and applications.[2][3][4] There are numerous versions of Android, such as LineageOS (successor to the now-defunct[5][6] Cyanogenmod) and the freedom-respecting Replicant that can be installed on a large number of phones after-market.

WebOS was initially available only under a proprietary license but the source code was later released under a free license by HP. Still, Open WebOS will not run on all WebOS devices.

Sailfish OS is a proprietary user interface atop the Mer software distribution.

List

Organization Model Mobile operating system Release date Current state
Nokia N900 Maemo 5 (Fremantle) 2009-11-11
Nokia N950 (available to 8089535552 only) MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan 2

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Nokia N9 MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan 2011 Template:80895355552
Neo900 (https://www.neo900.org) GTA04 based motherboard, fitting inside the shell of a Nokia N900. QtMoko, Debian, SHR (Stable Hybrid Release), Replicant 2014 Template:8089535552for preorder
OpenMoko Neo 1973 (code name GTA01) Openmoko Linux, Qtopia (both Linux-based) 2007-07-09 Discontinued
OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner (code name GTA02) Openmoko Linux, Qt Extended, Debian, SHR (Stable Hybrid Release), Gentoo (all Linux-based), Inferno 2008-06-24 Discontinued
Golden Delicious GTA04 QtMoko, Debian, SHR (Stable Hybrid Release), Replicant 2012-04 "Currently not in stock"
Aava mobile Developer phone MeeGo 2011 Discontinued (available to developers only)
Samsung Z1 Tizen 2015-01 Available
Samsung Z2 Tizen 2016-07 Available
Samsung Z3 Tizen 2015-10 Available
GeeksPhone Keon Firefox OS 2013-04-23 Discontinued
GeeksPhone Peak Firefox OS 2013-04-23 Discontinued
GeeksPhone Peak+ Firefox OS Cancelled[7]
GeeksPhone Revolution Firefox OS 2014 Discontinued
ZTE Open Firefox OS 2013-07 Discontinued
Alcatel One Touch Fire Firefox OS 2013-07 Discontinued
BQ BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition Ubuntu Touch 2015-02 Community Driven [8]
BQ BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition Ubuntu Touch 2015-06 Community Driven
Meizu Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition Ubuntu Touch 2015-07 Community Driven
Meizu Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition Ubuntu Touch 2016-02 Community Driven
Purism, SPC Librem 5[9] PureOS 2019-01 Available for preorder

Distributions for existing phones

postmarketOS, Ubports, and KDE Neon are open-source distributions running on existing smartphones originally running Android.

Custom-made phones

It is possible to home-build a phone from partially open hardware and software.[10][11] The Arduinophone[11] (touchscreen) and the MIT DIY Cellphone (segmented display)[12][13] both use the Arduino open-hardware single-board computer, with added components. The PiPhone[14] and ZeroPhone[15] are similar, but based on the Raspberry Pi.

References

  1. ↑ Welte, Harald (5 February 2010). "OsmocomBB Project Rationale". Retrieved 2013-09-26. Every mobile device that is connected to a cellular network runs some kind of baseband processor with highly proprietary and closed-source firmware.
  2. ↑ Android (operating system)#Licensing "drivers and firmware vital for the proper functioning of Android devices are usually proprietary"
  3. ↑ Stallman, Richard (19 September 2011). "Is Android really free software? – Google's smartphone code is often described as 'open' or 'free' – but when examined by the Free Software Foundation, it starts to look like something different". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-09-09. the software of Android versions 1 and 2 was mostly developed by Google; Google released it under the Apache 2.0 license, which is a lax free software license without copyleft. ... The version of Linux included in Android is not entirely free software, since it contains non-free "binary blobs"... Android is very different from the GNU/Linux operating system because it contains very little of GNU.
  4. ↑ Stallman, Richard (5 August 2012). "Android and Users' Freedom – Support the Free Your Android campaign". gnu.org. Retrieved 2012-09-09. Even though the Android phones of today are considerably less bad than Apple or Windows smartphones, they cannot be said to respect your freedom.
  5. ↑ Announcement from LineageOS about the continuation of CyanogenMod's effort
  6. ↑ Archive of last blog post from CyanogenMod in reaction to discontinued Cyanogen Inc support for the project
  7. ↑ "Peak+ cancellation". 28 November 2013.
  8. ↑ UBPorts - UBPorts keeps Ubuntu Touch alive. 04 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Librem 5 – A Security and Privacy Focused Phone. 15 November 2017.
  10. ↑ Making your own phone is easier than you might think, Lisa Grossman, Issue 2909, New Scientist Magazine
  11. 1 2 Arduinophone designer's description
  12. ↑ DIY Cellphone on the designer's MIT homepage
  13. ↑ David A. Mellis & Leah Buechley. 2014. Do-It-Yourself Cellphones: An Investigation into the Possibilities and Limits of High-Tech DIY. In Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI '14).
  14. ↑ PiPhone – A Raspberry Pi based Smartphone
  15. ↑ ZeroPhone – a Raspberry Pi Zero based smartphone


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