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Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.

67 mentions on Hacker News by 49 people: 6 stories, 61 comments · first 2016-08-09 · latest 2026-04-04

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  1. pretty annoying to read that issue thread ( https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072 ) and read that instead of changing their app behavior, they just want to drop out of the play store :/ They had 2 years to react to this.
    comment by on_and_off · 2020-05-18 · in Termux and Android 10
  2. …made any move on the alternative approaches raised a year ago (that's how old the issue is: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072 ), and there's a bunch of nonsensical alarmist bullshit muddying up the waters which isn't helping.
    comment by kllrnohj · 2020-05-18 · in Termux and Android 10
  3. You might call this a solution, but I disagree: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072#issuecommen... "As i said on another issue, you should really start communicating this to users now , via as many channels as you can. I…
    comment by cft · 2020-05-18 · in Termux and Android 10
  4. …for me. EDIT: in android firefox, I found the "Request Desktop Site" works (on a code page) e.g. https://github.com/termux/termux-app There is also a desktop link in the footer, but it doesn't work. WARNING: If I try the desktop link and…
    comment by hyperpallium · 2020-03-17 · in GitHub for mobile is now available
  5. Might be because of No more exec from data folder on targetAPI >= Android Q https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072
    comment by hyperpallium · 2019-10-22 · in Samsung Kills 'Linux on DeX' with Android 10 Rollout
  6. There SELinux change & its impact on Termux is discussed in quite a detail here: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072
    comment by m4rtink · 2019-10-21 · in Samsung Kills 'Linux on DeX' with Android 10 Rollout
  7. …worries due to Googles draconian security policy changes possibly making projects like this harder: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072
    comment by m4rtink · 2019-10-21 · in Samsung Kills 'Linux on DeX' with Android 10 Rollout
  8. Are you talking about this? https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/655 Or is there some new development I [1] should be concerned about? 1. Just a regular user of Termux.
    comment by antongribok · 2019-09-30 · in Tethered Jailbreaks Are Back
  9. This might break apps like termux, that rely on exec(). https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072#issuecommen...
    comment by JDW1023 · 2019-05-13 · in PSA: Android Q blocks executing binaries in your apps private data directory
  10. …I think it's not possible. As far as I know you can only use a specific path like described here: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/954#issuecomment... But a specific path is not a big deal once you get accustomed to it.. the…
    comment by therealmarv · 2019-03-09 · in Run full Linux distros or specific applications on top of Android
  11. …active community at /r/termux. Termux wiki: https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Main_Page Termux repo: https://github.com/termux/termux-app Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/
    comment by bibyte · 2019-03-09 · in Run full Linux distros or specific applications on top of Android
  12. …Thanks to Termux [0], think, we could get td-cli not only on Desktop, but on Android too ;-) [0] https://github.com/termux/termux-app
    comment by app4soft · 2018-10-02 · in Show HN: td-cli - a command line todo manager
  13. Seems to be open source -- https://github.com/termux/termux-app .
    comment by thenobsta · 2018-07-16 · in Keeping a plaintext “did” file
  14. …to be resolved (termux supports only the US/qwerty keyboard layout) - qwertz/dvorak/etc is broken. https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/250
    comment by ce4 · 2018-04-03 · in Working on an iPad Pro as my main computer
  15. …to look at this page: https://termux.com/touch-keyboard.html In fact, there's an issue about this: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/184
    comment by Aissen · 2017-10-23 · in Termux: terminal emulator and Debian-style userland as an Android app
  16. …emacs on my phone (a moto x pure) and it's a great piece of software. It's even open source! https://github.com/termux/termux-app
    comment by 56quarters · 2016-09-17 · in Emacs 25.1 released
  17. …get a phone without a removable battery, and I don't see BB going back to that anytime soon.) [1] https://github.com/termux/termux-app [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.ed...
    comment by nathcd · 2016-08-09 · in We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA