DivestOS

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DivestOS

DivestOS homescreen on a Fairphone 4
Developer	Tad
OS family	Android (Linux)
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Initial release	31 December 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-31)
Latest release	"2024-05". / 14 May 2024; 3 months ago (2024-05-14)
Repository	gitlab.com/divested-mobile
Marketing target	Privacy/Security-focused smartphones
Update method	Over-the-air (OTA) or locally
Package manager	APK F-Droid (open source App Store)
Platforms	ARM
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
License	GPL
Official website	divestos.org

DivestOS is an operating system based on the Android mobile platform. It is a soft fork of LineageOS that aims to increase security and privacy with support for end-of-life devices. As much as possible, it removes unnecessary proprietary Android components and includes only free-software.

DivestOS builds are signed with release-keys so bootloaders may be re-locked on many devices. An automated CVE patcher is used to patch the kernels against many known vulnerabilities.

DivestOS includes few default applications. F-Droid is included with options for selecting several custom F-Droid repositories as well.^[1][2] DivestOS supports using Orbot and Tor Browser as privacy-enhancing features.^[3]