Replicant Information

The project was started by members of LibrePlanet Italia and Software Freedom Conservancy. The first usable version of Replicant was based upon Android 1.5 as released by the Android Open Source Project: after some work, basic functionalities of the HTC Dream were working. Starting from version 2.2, Replicant stopped using AOSP as a base and instead started using CyanogenMod, which contains support for more devices. Over time, various initial members of the project retired, leaving Denis "GNUtoo" Carikli as the only active developer of the project. However, in April 2011 Paul Kocialkowski, a user of Replicant, started getting involved in development. After porting Replicant to version 2.3 on the Nexus S and later on porting plenty more devices, Paul became the main developer of Replicant and was doing most of the work on the project for several years. In September 2015 Wolfgang Wiedmeyer started to contribute to the project. He ported Replicant to version 6.0 on the Galaxy S3 and later on ported more devices that were already supported by previous Replicant versions. Frequently asked questions