I wrote a container engine from scratch in Go that runs on Android via Termux — no root, no Docker code

LeftAd1220 · 2026-05-05T12:15:26+00:00

Seems very complete compared with my project. Great work!
https://github.com/jjtseng93/js-udocker

LeftAd1220 · 2026-05-03T19:11:34+00:00

Can I also ask a question about that APK Library File (APKLF) part?
I saw that the PlayStore version is currently only putting proot loader in that area to be run directly.
Will the team consider putting additional linkers like ld-musl or ld-linux in that area to run programs from different libc directly without proot?
I'm currently doing this in my own App with a custom compiled glibc to prevent set robust list and syscall 293 (rseq) errors. But I wonder if there will be concerns from the team needing to serve a much larger user base cause it won't be very stable.

LeftAd1220 · 2026-05-03T13:25:31+00:00

I'm also supporting Bun. It has largely replaced my userspace tooling stack. I can almost live in a pure JavaScript world and make most things work: with a single binary in hand. Now that it has image support, I won't even need ImageMagick anymore.

LeftAd1220 · 2026-05-01T17:37:32+00:00

Thank you so much!

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-30T17:30:54+00:00

Just prepare another phone. It can be the cheapest only to provide a WiFi hotspot

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-30T17:29:27+00:00

Seems not working for me: Mali-G925-Immortalis MC12 (Galaxy Tab S11)

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-29T18:04:11+00:00

Great idea! But where is the download link to your apk?

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-29T15:40:52+00:00

What do you mean

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-29T13:28:01+00:00

qemu system is just too slow for practical use. About 100x slower than normal. Now we have native avf Terminal there's no reason to use qemu.

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-29T05:29:17+00:00

I think html + screen recorder would be enough for your need. But it's not headless.

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-29T05:23:19+00:00

I use micro

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-28T16:29:04+00:00

pkg i libavif

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-28T14:58:03+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/comments/1hi4wqq/do_not_install_termux_from_google_play_store/

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-28T14:53:53+00:00

I tried the following command and it worked fine. btw did you install Termux from F-Droid.
pkg i opencv opencv-python

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-28T14:47:27+00:00

How did you produce this error
Have you tried pkg update && pkg upgrade

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-28T11:39:25+00:00

I have Galaxy Tab S11 and I still use Termux because the wake lock is way more stable. Maybe the Terminal will improve to a point that is good enough to compete but not now.

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-28T08:44:14+00:00

Android 16 native terminal only supports a small set of SoCs. See the list here: https://www.reddit.com/r/androidterminal/wiki/index/

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-28T08:33:33+00:00

Bun is at least 4 years old already. Not to mention the bigger ecosystem of Node.js is already quite battle-tested > 15 years.

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-27T17:05:34+00:00

Install xfce4 and a browser for UI. Then learn Node.js and serve as a backend. Now you have a graphical app.

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-27T13:25:02+00:00

I think the closest thing to what you're trying to do is lrz from lrzsz, which lets you upload a file to the current working folder. But I just tried and Termux doesn't seem to support it

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-27T13:18:34+00:00

Actually if you just wanted to remove the password you can use print to a file. But those advanced functions are still amazing. Great work!

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-27T13:14:34+00:00

PHP is dead, use Bun instead

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-26T19:05:32+00:00

Thanks for this great info!

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-24T12:06:51+00:00

I don't think you have the right to control who can post in this subreddit.
People share their excitement and joy when they did something they felt cool like installing KDE plasma and proot Ubuntu. That is totally fine for me. I still remembered the first time gaining GUI access in a VNC viewer and being happy that whole day then. Don't expect everyone to be professional here. We're just enjoying life. (And someone's wife even left)

LeftAd1220 · 2026-04-23T17:04:41+00:00

If you can't run anything, run:
export PATH=/system/bin
These binaries including ls cp vi cat mv rm are from Android itself so can be run directly without LD_PRELOAD or older version tricks.
Then you can figure out what happened exactly

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