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Sxmo: Simple X Mobile

"minimal. mobile. hackable."
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Sxmo is a minimalist environment for Linux mobile devices

Note: Your old Android phone/tablet may work with Sxmo with some
minor configuration! For information about device support click here

Simple menu-driven interface

  * Uses suckless tools (dwm, dmenu, st, etc) or Wayland tools (sway,
    bemenu, foot, etc.)
  * Augmented touch and gesture support
  * Menu-driven interface that can also be controlled with hardware
    buttons
  * Community sourced context menu that changes according to the
    active application (CLI or GUI)

    "I really like this; I've been using this for about a week now. I
    appreciate the developers' willingness to design something with a
    slight learning curve that works very well, and in part because
    of this. This demonstrates a level of respect for their end users
    which I value. I am not saying that this mobile computing
    environment is hard to use, I am saying that it is highly
    efficient and effective, and that I have learned things by using
    it because the people who made this do not condescend through
    oversimplification."

    -- KoryMac

Screenshot of dmenu

SSH as a first class citizen

  * Send texts via ssh using your favorite text editor (vis, emacs,
    vim, etc.)
  * Read notifications, texts, etc.
  * Access bluetooth, wifi menus

    "Being able to SSH into my phone and treat it just like any other
    Alpine Linux machine adds a tremendous amount of value. Leaving
    it in my pocket and using it from my computer is very convenient.
    I don't have to treat my phone like an alien in my otherwise
    uniform computing setup anymore."

    -- Drew Devault, FLOSS pioneer and creator of Sourcehut and Sway

Screenshot of vismenu on ssh

Everything is Scriptable

  * Launch user defined scripts at phone calls, texts, etc.
  * Bind certain scripts to gestures using lisgd
  * Bind device's physical buttons (single/double/triple click) to
    trigger scripts
  * Plain text modem logs, contact list, and sms texts

    "Phone calls and text messages are routed through shell scripts,
    a feature I didn't know I needed until I saw it in action. Sxmo
    probably is the killer app for running an actual Linux
    distribution on your phone."

    -- Ariadne Conill, Alpine Linux Security Team Chair

Screenshot of vim on sxmo

Use the same FOSS apps you use on the desktop

  * No locked-down app ecosystem
  * Runs on traditional Linux distributions like Alpine Linux and
    postmarketOS optimized for mobile devices
  * Use terminal-based applications on a smartphone

    "Running a tiling WM on your phone sounds like a stupid idea...
    until you discover #Sxmo. The whole thing is simple but amazing -
    it takes one or two days to get used to it, but then you know it
    inside out. Thanks to the built-in extensibility and simple
    codebase, you can change everything to your liking. This
    interface and its skilled community have become a great asset in
    the wider #linux smartphone ecosystem!"

    -- Oliver Smith, Creator of postmarketOS

Screenshot of firefox on sxmo with reddit
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