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termux / termux-packages

termux-packages

A package build system for Termux.

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2Explicit recommenders
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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

A package build system for Termux.

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

Because of some issues: https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/wiki/Termux-and-An... "Termux and its plugins are no longer updated on Google Play Store due to android 10…

ghoshbishakh used a recommendation phrase. 2 indexed comments match. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 7:24:48 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year49 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-07-18 03:40:09 UTC to 2025-04-15 06:32:06 UTC.

0510152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 2 submissions, 4 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 16 mentions; 2 submissions, 14 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC624
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC16214
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211

From the project README

An excerpt from the repository, fetched Nov 13, 2026.

Read the project’s introduction
Termux packages This project contains scripts and patches to build packages for the Termux Android application. Quick how-to about Termux package management is available at Package Management. It also has info on how to fix repository is under maintenance or down errors when running apt or pkg commands. Contributing Read CONTRIBUTING.md and Developer's Wiki for more details. Community The Termux Community docs are available here. All our community members must follow the rules that are defined here and any Content Not Allowed must not be posted. Sponsors and Funders GitHub Accelerator (1)   GitHub Secure Open Source Fund (1, 2)   NLnet NGI Mobifree (1, 2)   Cloudflare (1)
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What Hacker News says

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app4soft·Oct 2, 2018
> It's a must-have on Android. So, if Brave is free & open-source, is "must-have on Android", why it still not added in F-DRoid repo? As for me, at this moment FOSS Browser with disabled JavaScript — is better option for Android users.[1] Fully must-have on Android should be links2[2] throw Termux[3] — this is what I claim right way for get "usable on shaky mobile data connections". Browsers with enabled JavaScript is much less secure than those without JS enabled.[4] > "Those browser's vulnerability to those attacks are entirely based on the fact that they execute JavaScript. Thus, if your browser doesn't execute JS, it's immune." © userbinator[5] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser) [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.baumann.browser [2] http://links.twibright.com [3] https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/pull/23
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17 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16191843 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16192006
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