Termux Desktop

Easily Install Termux Native GUI Desktop

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Key Features:

• 📚 Easy Setup: Easy-to-follow installation process
• 🖥️ Desktop Styles: Supports Xfce, LXQt, and Openbox... others with beautiful themes
• 🦾 Hardware Acceleration: It will install all the drivers in order to get hardware acceleration working under termux
• 🖇️ GUI Access:
  • Termux:X11 (Default)
  • VNC (optional and only available if you chose custom during the setup)
• 📦 Package Management:
  • APT (Termux's default and recommended)
  • PACMAN (pacman may be buggy, not well tested)
• 🛍️ App Store: An appstore to install apps
• 📦 Container It lets you use a proot/chroot distro as a container to install more apps than Termux normally supports
• And a lot more, try it

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Quick Navigation:

📦 Distro Containers • 🦾 Hardware Acceleration • 🍷 Wine • 💡 Others

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Getting Started:

1. Ensure Requirements Are Met:

Note

This Only Works On Termux From GitHub Or F-Droid. Avoid using Termux from Google Play that doesn't work due to API limitations.

Component	Requirement	Download
Android Version	8.0+
Termux	Latest	GitHub • F-Droid
Termux:X11	Latest	GitHub
Termux-API	Latest	GitHub
RAM	3GB+
Storage	3-4GB
Internet	1.5-2GB
VNC Viewer	Optional	RealVNC • NetHunter Kex

2. Currently supported Desktop Environments and Window Managers:

Tip

Click on the Blue links to see all the available Styles for that De/Wm

Desktop Environments	Window Managers
Xfce	Openbox
LXQt	i3
MATE	dwm
GNOME	bspwm
Cinnamon	Awesome
	Fluxbox
	IceWM
	WMaker

3. Start Installation:

Important

Fresh installations are recommended for best results. If you are on Android 12 or higher, first disable Phantom Process Killer Guide:- Here

Tip

Android 12+ users: Disable Phantom Process Killer before installation. Learn how

bash <(curl -Lf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sabamdarif/termux-desktop/main/setup-termux-desktop)

Tip

You can also do a lite install which will not install all the optional packages. To do that, first run export LITE=true or export LITE=1, then run the installer

🎥 Video Tutorial

Full Installation Guide: Watch on YouTube

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4. Usage Instructions:

• Commands for starting and stopping Termux:X11 and VNC sessions are provided below.

Command Reference:

Start Termux:X11

tx11start [options]

Options:

• --xstartup: Start the user-specified xstartup.
• --nogpu: Disable GPU acceleration.
• --legacy: Enable legacy drawing.
• --nodbus: Start without using dbus-launch.
• Combine options for specific configurations (e.g., tx11start --nogpu --legacy).
• --help: Show help.

Full Example:

• tx11start to start Termux:X11 with gpu acceleration
• tx11start --xstartup cinnamon-session to start cinnamon even if you setup with xfce or anything else
• tx11start --nogpu to start Termux:X11 without gpu acceleration
• tx11start --nogpu --legacy to start Termux:X11 without gpu acceleration and -legacy-drawing
• tx11start --nodbus to start Termux:X11 without dbus-launch
• tx11start --nodbus --nogpu to start Termux:X11 without gpu acceleration and dbus
• tx11start --nodbus --nogpu --legacy to start Termux:X11 without gpu acceleration and dbus and with -legacy-drawing
• tx11start --nodbus --legacy to start Termux:X11 without dbus and use -legacy-drawing (nodbus and gpu)
• tx11start --legacy to start Termux:X11 with -legacy-drawing (with dbus and gpu)
• tx11start --debug --OTHER-PARAMETERS To see log of that command

  tx11start --debug --nogpu To see tx11start --nogpu's log

Stop Termux:X11

tx11stop [-f]

Options:

• -f: Force stop.
• --help: Show help.

Start VNC

vncstart [options]

Options:

• --nogpu: Disable GPU acceleration.
• --help: Show help.

Stop VNC

vncstop [-f]

Options:

• -f: Force stop.
• --help: Show help.

GUI Commands

gui [options]

Options:

• --start: Start GUI (use vnc or tx11 as arguments).
• --display: Launch the current desktop environment on another X11 display server over the same network.
• --stop: Stop GUI.
• --kill: Stop all GUI sessions.
• --help: Show help.

Full Example:

If you select only one of them to access gui

• gui --start / gui -l to start Termux gui
• gui --stop / gui -s to stop gui
• gui --display / gui -d <IP_ADDRESS>:<DISPLAY_PORT> To launch the current desktop environment on another X11 display server over the same network

If you select both for gui access

• gui -l / --start vnc to start VNC
• gui -l / --start tx11 to start Termux:X11
• gui -s / --stop vnc to stop VNC
• gui -s / --stop tx11 to stop Termux:X11
• gui -k / --kill / -kill to kill both vncserver and Termux:x11 At Once
• gui --display / gui -d <IP_ADDRESS>:<DISPLAY_PORT> To launch the current desktop environment on another X11 display server over the same network. For more click :- Here

Setup Commands

setup-termux-desktop [options]

Options:

• --change style: Change desktop style.
• --change hw: Modify hardware acceleration settings.
• --reset: Reset all changes.
• --remove: Uninstall Termux Desktop.
• --local-config: Start the installation from a pre-made config file.
• --help: Show help.

Full Example:

• setup-termux-desktop --change style To Change Desktop Style

• setup-termux-desktop --change hw To Change Hardware Acceleration Method

• setup-termux-desktop --change pd To Change Installed Proot-Distro

• setup-termux-desktop --change autostart To change autostart behaviour

• setup-termux-desktop --change display To change termux:x11 display port

• setup-termux-desktop --change de To switch between different desktop environment or window manager
  

• setup-termux-desktop --reinstall icons / themes /config To Reinstall Icons / Themes / Config

• setup-termux-desktop --reinstall icons,themes,..etc To Reinstall Them At Once
  

• setup-termux-desktop --reset To Reset All Changes Made By This Script Without Uninstalling The Packages
  

• setup-termux-desktop --remove / -r To Remove Termux Desktop
  

• setup-termux-desktop --local-config / -config Start the installation from a pre-made config file > Each time you install the desktop environment or make some changes using the script it writes all your config to the /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/etc/termux-desktop/configuration.conf file. Copy that somewhere else, so next time when you want to install the desktop environment with that old config all you have to do is setup-termux-desktop --local-config /path/to/configuration.conf
  

• setup-termux-desktop --debug (At the start) To generate a log file for any of the above commands

  • setup-termux-desktop --debug --install To create a log of whole installation process

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Associated Repos:

• Termux-AppStore License: GPL

• chroot-distro License: GPL

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0

Copyright (C) 2024 sabamdarif

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

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Acknowledgments:

Special thanks to:

• LinuxDroidMaster/Termux-Desktops
• phoenixbyrd/Termux_XFCE
• Yisus7u7/termux-desktop-xfce
• adi1090x/termux-desktop
• Generator/termux-motd
• ar37-rs/virgl-angle
• mayTermux/myTermux
• catppuccin
• MastaG/mesa-turnip-ppa

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