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dracxterm is a terminal for Android. Open it and a shell is waiting. If you want a full Linux, the app installs Debian 13 or Kali inside its own storage, and you work as you would on a computer. The phone does not need root, and there is no account to create.
Version 1.1.0 adds claw, an assistant you chat with in the terminal. It uses free model services that need no account, and you choose what it may touch on the AI (claw) page in xset.
Programs like nano and htop look right, UTF-8 and CJK display properly, and you get five workspaces plus an extra key row for Ctrl, Alt, Esc and the arrows. Type xset to open the settings, now in six languages. Inside the distro, sudo, apt and dpkg work as usual, and sudo nmap scans.
No ads, no trackers, and nothing is sent to the developer. The app goes online to download what you pick, to set up Python and Scrapling for claw's web browsing (you can turn that off), and to send your messages to a model service when you use claw.
Features
- It works the moment you open it. No root, no account.
- New in 1.1.0: claw, an assistant inside the distro. Type claw chat and ask in plain words, no account needed.
- You choose what claw may touch on the AI (claw) page in xset. Files and commands start switched off.
- Debian 13 and Kali install inside the app itself, five images from Kali Nano to Kali Full, for arm64 or x86_64.
- Say no to the distro and the terminal still opens, with BusyBox as the shell.
- VHDP, a rootless engine, runs the Linux session. A phone that refuses it gets the older fallback instead, picked by a test the app runs there once.
- Check the engine yourself with vhdp doctor, vhdp inspect, or the Diagnostics page in xset.
- sudo, su and fakeroot give you root inside the app, enough for apt-get, dpkg -i and sudo nmap.
- Colours, cursor shapes, scrollback and the alternate screen that nano, vim and htop need.
- 256 colours and 24-bit truecolor, and full UTF-8 with CJK, emoji and combining marks.
- Select text, search the screen, copy and paste, and mouse support for programs that use it.
- Five workspaces, each with its own shell, directory and history, one swipe apart.
- Sessions keep running while you use another app.
- A sliding key row: arrows, Ctrl, Alt, Esc, Tab, Home, End, PgUp, PgDn, search and paste.
- Hardware keyboards send Ctrl, Alt, Shift and F1 to F12.
- Pinch to resize the text, in JetBrains Mono or your system font, 7 to 28 dp.
- Settings drawn inside the terminal, opened by typing xset, in six languages.
- Themes, cursor shape and blink, line and letter spacing, padding, and scrollback from 200 to 20000 lines.
- Export your settings as JSON, import them back, or reset them.
- Storage access stays off until you switch it on, then your files sit at ~/sdcard and an SD card at ~/sdcard-1.
- Downloads run over HTTPS, resume where they stopped, and are checked before anything is unpacked.
- Ollama installs from inside the terminal on arm64 phones, around 1.5 GB.
- No ads, no trackers, nothing sent to the developer.
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