✏ Operating Systems for Fairphones

:pencil2: This is a wiki post and a list of all dic:operatingsystem that can be installed on the following Fairphone models (wikipedia OS list can be found here however this is not Fairphone specific):

Fairphone 1(U)
Fairphone OS

Fairphone 2
Fairphone OS
Fairphone Open OS
/e/OS
Lineage OS
Sailfish OS
Ubuntu Touch

Fairphone 3(+)
Fairphone OS
AXP.OS
/e/OS
Lineage OS
Lineage OS for MicroG
Ubuntu Touch
iodéOS
GSI Image
PixelExtended
LeOS
SparkOS
ArrowOS

Fairphone 4
Fairphone OS
CalyxOS
AXP.OS
/e/OS (Murena)
iodéOS
LeOS
LineageOS
mobian
postmarketOS
Sailfish OS
Ubuntu Touch

Fairphone 5
Fairphone OS
CalyxOS
/e/OS (Murena)
iodéOS
LineageOS
postmarketOS
Sailfish OS
Ubuntu Touch

Fairphone 6
Fairphone OS
/e/OS (Murena)
iodéOS
LineageOS
postmarketOS


Fairphone 1 (U)

Fairphone OS

Click here for a guide to updating your FP1 (U) to the newest Fairphone OS version.

  • latest official release: 1.8.7 (Android 4.2)
  • @z3ntu’s 4.4.4 port with partially current security patch level!
  • discontinued, but working alpha: Kitkat 4.4
older versions based on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
  • 1.0 Almond
  • 1.1 Caju
  • 1.3 Chestnut
  • 1.6 Cherry
  • 1.8 Kola Nut
  • 1.8.5
not fully working yet, outdated/discontinued or experimental

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Fairphone 2

Fairphone OS

release notes

older versions based on Android 10
older versions based on Android 9 Pie
older versions based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat
older versions based on Android 6 (Marshmallow)
older versions based on Android 5 (Lollipop)

Fairphone Open OS

openos

older versions based on Android 10
older versions based on Android 9 Pie
older versions based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat
older versions based on Android 6 (Marshmallow)
older versions based on Android 5 (Lollipop)

/e/OS

eos-murena

Lineage OS

lineageos

older versions

Sailfish OS

sailfish

older versions

Ubuntu Touch

ubuntu

not fully working yet, outdated/discontinued or experimental:

  • B2G - FirefoxOS (discontinued but last working build is still available!)
  • EFIDroid (currently not working) is a multiboot solution.
  • postmarketOS - @z3ntu is working on a port, but hasn’t announced any success yet.

even more OSes:

Operating Systems that nobody is working on porting to an FP yet can be found in :bar_chart: this poll. Please add other OSes you are interested in there instead of this wiki, until someone is working on them.
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Fairphone 3

Fairphone OS

  • latest official Android 13 release: 6.A.035.2
  • latest official Android 11 release: 8901.4.A.0028.0
older versions based on Android 11

AXP.OS

#axpos

  • Similar to GrapheneOS
  • Privacy focused ROM
  • Supports relocked bootloader
  • Details on AXPOS.org
  • AXP.OS for FP4 available here

/e/OS

eos-murena

LineageOS

lineageos

LineageOS for microG

microg

Ubuntu Touch

ubuntu

iodéOS

iodeos

GSI image

gsi

PixelExtended

pixelextended

LeOS

leos

SparkOS

sparkos

ArrowOS

arrowos

Other OSes

  • FP OpenOS is not expected to come after FP has partnered with /e/ foundation
  • Alternative OSes ported by the community are a possibility with the unlockable bootloader and I’m willing to bet that these OSes will be ported sooner or later:
  • Sailfish OS
  • others

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Fairphone 4

FPOS

CalyxOS

calyxos

AXP.OS

#axpos

  • Similar to GrapheneOS
  • Privacy focused ROM
  • Supports relocked bootloader
  • Details on AXPOS.org
  • AXP.OS for FP4 available here

/e/OS (Murena)

eos-murena

iodéOS

iodeos

LeOS

leos

LeOS means Leaving eOS: LeOS - a PHH AOSP based GSI custom ROM

LineageOS

lineageos

mobian

mobian

postmarketOS

postmarketos

SailfishOS

sailfish

Ubuntu Touch

ubuntu

:warning: Please have a look at this topic before installing UT: Phone sensors stopped working after installing experimental image [Ubuntu] :warning:

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Fairphone 5

FPOS

CalyxOS

calyxos

/e/ OS (Murena)

eos-murena

  • A Murena FP5 with /e/OS preinstalled can be pre-ordered in the Murena shop
  • For an installation follow the documentation

iodéOS

iodeos

LineageOS

lineageos

postmarketOS

postmarketos

SailfishOS

sailfish

Ubuntu Touch

sailfish

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Fairphone 6

FPOS

/e/ OS (Murena)

eos-murena

iodéOS

iodeos

LineageOS

lineageos

postmarketOS

postmarketos

  • FP6 page in the postmarketOS wiki - very limited support as of 2025-09-17

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