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UserLAnd vs Nix-on-Droid: catalog facts
UserLAnd	Nix-on-Droid
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Android	Android
No root required Supports full desktops as well as the command line	Brings the Nix package manager and its package collection to Android Declarative configuration in the Nix style
Performance is limited by the phone hardware Graphical sessions on a small touchscreen are awkward	Assumes familiarity with Nix Homepage is a bare file index with little documentation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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