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Mobian is a project to port the Debian Linux distribution running the mainline Linux kernel to smartphones and tablets. The project was announced in 2020. It is available for the PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, PineTab, PineTab 2, Librem 5, OnePlus 6/6T, and Pocophone F1.
Droidian (previously known as hybris-mobian) is a version of Mobian that runs on top of Android's variant of the Linux kernel and the Libhybris and Halium adaptation layer and works with devices that are supported by Ubuntu Touch. It can be installed using the UBports installer.
Mobian is maintained by two teams, Mobian and DebianOnMobile. DebianOnMobile maintains upstreamed parts.
As software stack Mobian uses the Phosh (Phone shell) graphical system developed by Purism, which is based on GTK. It aims to integrate Phosh with Debian, to the extent that the need for Mobian's customizations will be minimized. While all Debian apps can be installed on a mobile running Mobian, some will not work usably on the small-form-factor screen. There is a set of apps that have been adapted to work on a small touch screen, and which provide basic functionality. Many are GNOME-based. The project maintains a list of apps that work well on its wiki.
Initially, Mobian was based on Debian stable; however, in August 2021 it switched to being based on the Debian testing distribution.
In 2023, the first Mobian stable version was released, based on Debian stable again.
In October 2025, Mobian released the new stable version, Mobian Trixie. This release offers images based on Phosh 46.0 and Plasma Mobile 6.3, running a 6.12 kernel for almost all supported devices.
Initially Mobian was developed for the Librem 5 and the Pinephone which were designed to support Linux. In May 2020, Pine64 announced availability of Mobian for PinePhone. On 18 January 2021, the Mobian "Community Edition" Pinephone was released, an edition selling with Mobian pre-installed, and donating $10 US of the phone purchase cost to the Mobian developers. Later Mobian announced support for the PineTab, a tablet, and the Pinephone Pro. Mobian also supports the OnePlus 6/6T and Pocophone F1 Android phones with the mainline Linux kernel.
Mobian
Mobian is a project to port the Debian Linux distribution running the mainline Linux kernel to smartphones and tablets. The project was announced in 2020. It is available for the PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, PineTab, PineTab 2, Librem 5, OnePlus 6/6T, and Pocophone F1.
Droidian (previously known as hybris-mobian) is a version of Mobian that runs on top of Android's variant of the Linux kernel and the Libhybris and Halium adaptation layer and works with devices that are supported by Ubuntu Touch. It can be installed using the UBports installer.
Mobian is maintained by two teams, Mobian and DebianOnMobile. DebianOnMobile maintains upstreamed parts.
As software stack Mobian uses the Phosh (Phone shell) graphical system developed by Purism, which is based on GTK. It aims to integrate Phosh with Debian, to the extent that the need for Mobian's customizations will be minimized. While all Debian apps can be installed on a mobile running Mobian, some will not work usably on the small-form-factor screen. There is a set of apps that have been adapted to work on a small touch screen, and which provide basic functionality. Many are GNOME-based. The project maintains a list of apps that work well on its wiki.
Initially, Mobian was based on Debian stable; however, in August 2021 it switched to being based on the Debian testing distribution.
In 2023, the first Mobian stable version was released, based on Debian stable again.
In October 2025, Mobian released the new stable version, Mobian Trixie. This release offers images based on Phosh 46.0 and Plasma Mobile 6.3, running a 6.12 kernel for almost all supported devices.
Initially Mobian was developed for the Librem 5 and the Pinephone which were designed to support Linux. In May 2020, Pine64 announced availability of Mobian for PinePhone. On 18 January 2021, the Mobian "Community Edition" Pinephone was released, an edition selling with Mobian pre-installed, and donating $10 US of the phone purchase cost to the Mobian developers. Later Mobian announced support for the PineTab, a tablet, and the Pinephone Pro. Mobian also supports the OnePlus 6/6T and Pocophone F1 Android phones with the mainline Linux kernel.
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