[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] HelixOS:
HelixOS Goes Open Source !!!​

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HelixOS is a secured flavor of the Android Operating System.

It is a new ROM / Firmware currently based on AOSP 5.0.

HelixOS started as an Israeli Startup. Our goal was to make a flavor of Android which would be truly secured. We wanted to build a product which would change the constant cat & mouse chaise around vulnerabilities, to build a system that would not be vulnerable to the multitude of security problems constantly popping out. We strove to change the way the game is played.

We wanted to build an OS, using which one would feel safe, knowing that nothing can happen to the private data, nobody would be able to see ones private things.

We succeeded in doing the first step in this direction, but our product was not suitable for the enterprise market, as we painfully understood. Other business directions failed as well. Shutting down the project was one of the tougher decisions which I personally made, but we hope it would not be the end for HelixOS.

During our product development we used the information published by the open source community and learnt from it, and now it is our time to give back!

We decided to publish our full source code, architecture, design and documentation to the open source community, under the Appache 2 license, with the intention that anyone can freely use the code for any purpose - personal, research, or commercial, including our former competitors ;) , and we do so with love! We wish that our effort would be fruitful and help advance security research, to make a safer mobile community, and help fellow companies and security Startups. No warranty or liability is provided of course under the license, you use it at your own risk; do read the license & installation instructions for more details.

It is our dream that HelixOS will be a basis upon which the open source community here would build, to make Android freely & truly secured for everybody.

Anyone who is interested to take HelixOS further, to lead its future open source development, be part of it, or contribute in any other way is very welcomed! We grew HelixOS to be what it is, and now it's you who will decide how it will grow.

Full Features list available at: https://github.com/HelixOS/HelixOS/wiki/3.-Existing-Features

Full source code available at: https://github.com/HelixOS/

Installation Instructions (Only for Nexus 6):

It is important to note that the current stable HelixOS version might not be suitable for the daily use (I hope this will change soon) - It was not planned for end users, but for enterprises - so for instance, there is currently no UI interface to change the list of apps which are protected, these are predefined during compile time,

Full details at the installation instructions page: https://github.com/HelixOS/HelixOS/wiki/4.-Installation-Instructions

Full documentation available at: https://github.com/HelixOS/HelixOS/wiki

Good Luck & All the Best to Everyone!​

XDA:DevDB Information

HelixOS, ROM for the Nexus 6

Contributors

HelixOS

Source Code: https://github.com/HelixOS/

ROM OS Version: 5.0.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x

ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked Nexus 6

Based On: AOSP

Version Information

Status: Beta

Current Beta Version: 1.0

Beta Release Date: 2017-03-02

Created 2017-03-02

Last Updated 2017-03-02