BlissLabs / Open source

Android for PCs, in active development

Public images are paused while the next Bliss OS tree is built. The source is still moving.

Over the last year, BlissOS, BlissRoms-x86, Android-Generic, Ānanda Āropa, and Bliss-Bass have been in active development. We need people who can write code, rewrite docs, and test hardware, and we need people who can spare build servers, storage, and devices.

Bliss OS desktop
Source is moving New installer, kernels, and trees across several GitHub orgs. This is not a freeze.
No new public ISOs yet Older SourceForge builds are archives only. They will not update to the new tree.
Contributors wanted Code, docs, hardware reports, build machines, mirrors, and test devices all help ship the next release.

What we are working on

Bliss OS is a set of repositories. These are the projects behind the next release. Pick the one that matches what you can do.

Core OS

BlissOS & BlissRoms-x86

The Android-on-PC operating system: manifests, frameworks, generic device trees, and desktop-oriented work. This is the product most people know as Bliss OS.

github.com/BlissOS
github.com/BlissRoms-x86

Tooling

Android-Generic

Rapid prototyping, kernels, and build tooling for Android on x86. AG is how a lot of Bliss OS and related images get configured and brought up.

github.com/android-generic
android-generic.github.io

Installer

Ānanda Āropa

The new initrd and installer stack: Devuan-based live environment, Calamares, and a rewritten boot path. Smaller than a full AOSP tree, so it is a good place for a first patch.

github.com/Ananda-Aropa
BlissOS/bootable_aaropa

FOSS Contribution

Bass: Lineout Core

Lineage OS tree for x86_64, and the base for Bass: Lineout builds (tablet, desktop, TV, and auto). Android 16 is in los-tv-x86. A public Android 14 Bass fork is listed with it for reference only.

Lineout Core and A14 Bass fork

Apps & components

Desktop shell, dock, and input

The layer you actually click: Boringdroid (freeform windows and taskbar in AOSP), Smart Dock (desktop launcher), and XTMapper (keyboard and mouse mapping). BlissLabs projects, developed as their own apps and patchsets. New apps and ideas are welcome too.

Boringdroid, Smart Dock, XTMapper
Propose an app or component

See the full project map, including apps, Bass: Lineout, Bass: Submix, and Bass →

How to get involved

You do not need to build AOSP on day one. Pick the path that matches what you can give.

Write and review code

Platform, kernels, Mesa, installer, desktop apps, device trees, and tooling. Development chat is open even while general user support stays limited.

Contributor guide

Docs, tests, hardware

The next tree makes the old documentation obsolete. We need writers, VM and bare-metal testers, and people who can file useful hardware reports.

Docs & testing

Servers and devices

AOSP-on-PC does not ship without disk, RAM, and bandwidth. Lend a build runner, host a mirror, sponsor storage, or send test hardware.

Lend a machine

Where things stand

We paused public images so we could change the tree instead of shipping another incompatible ISO with stale docs. That work is underway. There is no public ETA for the first new official image.

Full status notes →

  • Public images paused
    So old ISOs are not treated as the current project.
  • Ānanda Āropa installer / initrd
    Calamares + Devuan live environment in active use.
  • Android-Generic, kernels, Bass work
    Source orgs have stayed busy through this period.
  • Documentation rewrite
    Working. docs.blissos.org still describes the previous generation.
  • Community nightlies and public ISOs
    This is why we are asking for build machines and mirrors.
  • First public Bliss OS images from the new tree
    No ETA. Help on the items above is how this moves.
Also

Bass OS, if you want to ship this on hardware

Bliss OS is the public project on this site: the FOSS OS, the source, and the people building the next images. Bass OS, from Navotpala Tech, is the commercial distro for branded images, device work, and licensing. If you represent a company, start there.

The two share a lot of DNA. When Bass work helps everyone (trees, kernels, graphics, installer pieces), it can come back into the commons and make Bliss better too. The extras that belong to a commercial image stay with Bass, which lets this project stay focused on the FOSS OS.

Bass OS Public Bass trees

Looking for downloads?

There is no current official ISO from the new tree. Archived Bliss OS images on SourceForge are snapshots: no updates, no support, and they will not OTA to what we are building now.

Archive downloads and warnings →

Talk to developers here

General user support on Telegram and Discord was paused with the public releases. If you want to help build the next one, start on Matrix or the development Telegram, and read the contributor guide.

#blissos:matrix.org / t.me/androidgenericpc / Contribute