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PureOS

PureOS is the official OS for the Librem 5, which is based on Wayland + wlroots + GTK + GNOME libraries. PureOS is based in Debian.

Website: https://pureos.net/
Wiki: https://tracker.pureos.net/w/ (currently focusing on the PC/Laptop/amd64 use case)
Issue Tracker: https://tracker.pureos.net/
Repository: https://repo.pureos.net/pureos/pool/main/ (includes sources, arm64 and amd64 packages)
Package Search: https://software.pureos.net/

Use the following to manually write the images to the eMMC storage or to an SD card.
Image Directory: https://storage.puri.sm/librem5/images/
Jenkins Image Builds: - Stable: https://arm01.puri.sm/job/Images/job/Image%20Build/ - Landing: https://arm01.puri.sm/job/Images/job/Image%20Builds%20landing/

Other Operating Systems

Mobile GNU/Linux distributions that support the arm64 architecture can be adapted to run on the Librem 5. The following are known to work (or are works in progress):

Mobian

Mobian is an open-source project aimed at bringing Debian GNU/Linux to mobile devices. The project is driven by a community of volunteer developers and users and it is not a registered organization.

Website: https://mobian-project.org/
Wiki: https://wiki.mobian-project.org/doku.php?id=librem5
Status: work in progress

postmarketOS

PostmarketOS is a mobile distro based on Alpine, which attempts to support phone hardware for many years after its release. It offers many different interfaces, including Phosh, Plasma Mobile, i3wm, Kodi, Mate, Sway and Xfce4.

Website: http://postmarketos.org/
Wiki: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/ **Port for the Librem 5: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Purism_Librem5_%28purism-librem5%29
Librem 5 DevKit: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Purism_Librem5_Devkit_(purism-librem5dev)
Status: work in progress

Ubuntu Touch by UBports

Website: https://ubports.com/
Documentation: https://docs.ubports.com/

Status: