Anbox

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Anbox
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Developer(s) Marius Gripsgard, Ricardo Mendoza, Simon Fels, Thomas Voß
Latest version
Active No
Platform(s) Linux
Architecture(s) x86-64, ARM
Emulates Android emulators
Website anbox.io
Programmed in C++
License GPLv3
Source code GitHub

Anbox is a free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow mobile applications and games developed for Android to run on GNU/Linux distributions.

It executes the Android runtime environment by using LXC (Linux Containers), recreating the directory structure of Android as a mountable loop image while using the native Linux kernel to execute applications.

See also[edit]

  • Wine - A Windows compatibility layer for Unix-like systems.