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LineageOS is an open source Android (AOSP)-based operating system for smartphones, tablets, and set-top boxes. It is community-developed and serves as the successor to CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016. As of 2025, there are about 4.5 million devices running LineageOS.
Key facts
- OS.name
- LineageOS
- OS.logo
- LineageOS Wordmark.svg
- OS.logo_size
- 250
- OS.screenshot
- LineageOS 23.2 Home Screen.png
- OS.screenshot_size
- 200px
- OS.caption
- LineageOS 23.2 home screen on a Motorola Moto G32
- OS.developer
- LineageOS open-source community
- OS.programmed_in
- C (core), C++ (some third party libraries), Java and Kotlin (UI)
- OS.family
- Android (Linux)
- OS.released
- (First public builds)
- OS.working_state
- Active
- OS.source_model
- Open source (includes proprietary libraries.
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- History
- LineageOS beginning
- 2018 April Fools' prank
- 2018–present
- Version history
- Features
- Development
- Google apps
- Customization features
- Security & privacy features
- Developers & power user features
- LineageOS apps
- Supported devices
- Reception
- Forks
- Direct forks
- Other derivative
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
LineageOS is an open source Android (AOSP)-based operating system for smartphones, tablets, and set-top boxes. It is community-developed and serves as the successor to CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016. As of 2025, there are about 4.5 million devices running LineageOS.
== History == In 2009, CyanogenMod was created by Stefanie Jane (Cyanogen). In 2013, Jane obtained venture funding under the name Cyanogen Inc. to allow commercialization of the project. In 2016, as part of a corporate restructure which involved a change of CEO, closure of offices and projects, and cessation of services, Jane either left or was forced out of Cyanogen Inc.