Termix is a modern terminal emulator for Android built with Material Design 3. It is designed as a modern replacement for the classic Jackpal Android Terminal Emulator.
Termix is powered by the battle-tested TerminalView from Termux, delivering smooth terminal rendering, full keyboard and mouse support, and a polished user experience. The project was forked from ReTerminal and has since evolved with a modern Jetpack Compose UI, deeper customization, and native support for multiple Linux environments.
Note: This project is under active development. Issues and PRs are welcome!
- High-performance rendering — Built on Termux's
TerminalViewwith support for true color, 256-color, and standard 16-color palettes. - Multi-session support — Run multiple terminal sessions simultaneously and switch quickly via a navigation drawer or a top tab bar.
- Virtual keys — A built-in, swipeable virtual key bar (ESC, CTRL, ALT, arrows, HOME, END, PGUP, PGDN) for devices without a physical keyboard.
- Configurable keyboard shortcuts — Fully customizable shortcuts for paste, new/close session, switch session, and more.
- Session persistence — Sessions are kept alive by a foreground service, so you won’t lose state when switching apps.
Termix ships with built-in support for several environments, giving you a full Linux command-line experience on Android without complex setup:
- Alpine Linux — Lightweight and efficient container-like environment.
- Arch Linux ARM — Feature-rich rolling-release distribution for ARM devices.
- Android Shell — Direct access to the device's native shell.
- Root mode — On rooted devices, run Alpine or Arch sessions with root privileges.
- Color schemes — Curated built-in palettes with automatic dark-mode adaptation; advanced users can customize via
colors.properties. - Custom fonts — Import any
.ttffont file to personalize your terminal. - Custom background — Set a background image for the terminal with independent transparency control.
- Layout modes — Choose between a Classic Drawer or a Top Tab Bar layout.
- Theming — Native Android Monet dynamic colors, AMOLED pure-black dark mode.
- Scrollback buffer — Configurable from 500 to 50,000 lines.
- Default shell — Choose Bash, Ash, or Zsh as your default shell.
- Edge-to-edge immersive layout — Maximizes screen real estate with automatic system-bar adaptation.
- Crash handler — Built-in crash capture and logging for improved stability.
- Fastlane metadata — Pre-configured for distribution on F-Droid and similar stores.
Termix supports both Phone Mode and Desktop Mode layouts. The screenshots below show the same feature set adapted to each layout.
Main Terminal |
Session Management |
Settings |
Color Schemes |
Keyboard Shortcuts |
Dark Theme |
Main Terminal |
Session Management |
Settings |
Color Schemes |
Keyboard Shortcuts |
Dark Theme |
Grab the latest APK from the Releases page.
You may need to enable "Install from unknown sources" to install the APK.
- OS: Android 8.0 (API 26) or higher
- Architectures:
arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a,x86_64 - Permissions:
- Storage (custom fonts/backgrounds and file access)
- Notifications (foreground service status)
- Internet (downloads required components on first run)
| Category | Technology |
|---|---|
| Language | Kotlin |
| UI Framework | Jetpack Compose + Material Design 3 |
| Terminal Core | Termux TerminalView / TerminalEmulator |
| Build System | Gradle (Kotlin DSL) |
| Min SDK | Android 8.0 (API 26) |
| Target SDK | Android 9.0 (API 28) |
| JDK | 17 |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions |
Termix/
├── app/ # Application entry module
├── core/
│ ├── main/ # Core business logic & UI (Compose, settings, session management)
│ ├── components/ # Reusable Compose components & preference widgets
│ ├── resources/ # Shared resources (strings, themes)
│ ├── terminal-emulator/ # Terminal emulator engine (forked from Termux)
│ └── terminal-view/ # Terminal rendering view (forked from Termux)
├── fastlane/ # Store metadata & screenshots
└── .github/workflows/ # GitHub Actions CI/CD
- Install Android Studio (latest stable recommended).
- Ensure JDK 17 is configured.
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/jeffusion/Termix.git
cd Termix./gradlew assembleDebugOutput: app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk
For day-to-day development, the repository provides a small set of convenience commands for regenerating maintained assets and producing a testable APK.
Most contributors will mainly use make debug-apk, while make icons is only needed when launcher assets are updated.
make icons # regenerate launcher icons when branding assets change
make debug-apk # build app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk
make all # regenerate maintained assets, then build the debug APK./gradlew assembleReleaseSigning: Release builds support signing via
signing.propertiesor environment variables. If no signing config is provided, the build falls back to an embedded test key.
Contributions of all kinds are welcome!
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch:
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature - Commit your changes:
git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature' - Push to the branch:
git push origin feature/amazing-feature - Open a Pull Request
- Follow the existing Kotlin code style.
- Use Jetpack Compose for new UI features whenever possible.
- Make sure
./gradlew assembleDebugbuilds successfully before submitting.
Termix is licensed under the MIT License.
Copyright (c) 2024 Rohit Kushvaha
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- Termux — For the powerful and stable
TerminalViewandTerminalEmulatorfoundation. - ReTerminal — The project Termix was forked from.
- Jackpal Android Terminal Emulator — The pioneer of Android terminal emulators.
Made with ❤️ for the Android terminal community