Run Android apps without Android

Like Wine does for Windows, Winedroid lets APKs run as first-class desktop applications: no virtual machine, no container, no full Android OS.

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Winedroid

What is Winedroid?

Winedroid is an Android userspace compatibility layer for macOS and Linux. Instead of simulating Android hardware like a virtual machine or running a full Android system image, Winedroid translates Android framework calls into host-native equivalents on-the-fly. An APK runs without knowing it is inside Winedroid.

Running on Winedroid

These APKs run without Android or its kernel, natively on your PC. This is just the beginning. Expect orders of magnitude more compatibility and performance as the project matures.

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