PenguinOS is based off AOSPA, and it is a fork. (Big thanks to AOSPA!)
It is a small, fun, project started by AOSPA maintainers, to learn more about Android development, and to experiment with design.
It provides some additional features which have been picked from other ROMs/forks, and contains some new, custom re-designs done by the PenguinOS team.
It is currently running on Android 17 (cinnamon bun).
After a period of development and restructuring, PenguinOS is returning with a renewed focus on quality, transparency and long-term device support.
Do you think you have what it takes to maintain your device?
Here are some points to note while applying the official maintainership :-
- Your device sources (device-tree, vendor-tree, kernel-tree, etc.) must be public.
- You must follow a good commit naming scheme.
- Your trees must indicate you have some sort of experience (not just renaming makefiles).
- As of June 2026, we currently do not have any CI infrastructure. This means you must be capable of building yourself.
- As of June 2026, we do not have any code-review infrastructure.
- If you would like to make changes, please fork our repository, and PR changes (This will be reviewed by team members).
