Linux apps for Android and Samsung DeX
Breadstick runs real Debian Linux on your Android phone or tablet, with no root, and each Linux app can open as its own window on Samsung DeX. This catalog lists 1,812 apps and tools from Debian 13 (trixie), which every new Breadstick install runs: 1,580 desktop apps, 230 terminal and command line programs, and Visual Studio Code and Google Chrome from their makers' own repositories. The ones we have tested on a real device are marked.
From their makers
Not in Debian: Breadstick's Recommended apps screen sets these up from their makers' own signed repositories.
Tested on a device
Seen working in Breadstick on a real Android device, with the details on each page.
LibreOffice WriterWord processor part of the LibreOffice productivity suiteTested
ThunarFile BrowserTested
Xfce TerminalTerminal EmulatorTested- Pythoninteractive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)Command lineTested
- ping (iputils)Tools to test the reachability of network hostsCommand lineTested
- MariaDB ServerMariaDB database server binariesCommand lineTested
- RedisPersistent key-value database with network interfaceCommand lineTested
- Valgrindinstrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis toolsCommand lineTested
- iproute2networking and traffic control toolsCommand lineTested
- GDB (GNU Debugger)GNU DebuggerCommand lineTested
- tracerouteTraces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 networkCommand lineTested
- NmapThe Network MapperCommand lineTested
- straceSystem call tracerCommand lineTested
Categories
- GamesArcade, puzzle, card, board and strategy games, plus emulators for classic consoles and computers.364 apps, 2 of them for the terminal
- OfficeWord processors, spreadsheets, presentations, PDF and e-book readers, calendars and finance.130 apps
- GraphicsPhoto editors, painting and drawing, vector graphics, 3D modeling and image viewers.127 apps
- Audio and VideoMusic and video players, audio and video editors, recorders, converters and music tools.214 apps, 10 of them for the terminal
- DevelopmentCode editors, IDEs, version control, debuggers and other tools for building software.202 apps, 91 of them for the terminal
- InternetWeb browsers, email, chat, file transfer, remote desktop clients and network tools.191 apps, 39 of them for the terminal
- ScienceMath, statistics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, geography, electronics and engineering.163 apps
- EducationLearning software for languages, typing, geography, music practice, math drills and more.32 apps
- SystemTerminals, file managers, system monitors and tools for looking after Linux itself.138 apps, 37 of them for the terminal
- UtilitiesText editors, calculators, archivers, note takers, clocks and other everyday tools.251 apps, 51 of them for the terminal
Terminal and developer tools
Command line programs and interactive terminal apps from Debian 13: language runtimes, compilers, version control, servers, databases and everyday tools. They run in Breadstick's Terminal, or in any terminal window on the Linux desktop.
- Pythoninteractive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)Command lineTested
- Node.jsevented I/O for V8 javascript - runtime executableCommand line
- Gitfast, scalable, distributed revision control systemCommand line
- GCCGNU C compilerCommand line
- GoGo programming language compiler, linker, compiled stdlibCommand line
- RustRust systems programming languageCommand line
- OpenSSH clientsecure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machinesCommand line
- tmuxterminal multiplexerCommand line
- ripgrepRecursively searches directories for a regex patternCommand line
- curlcommand line tool for transferring data with URL syntaxCommand line
- FFmpegTools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia filesCommand line
- SQLiteCommand line interface for SQLite 3Command line
Popular apps
The most used desktop apps in Debian, by Debian's Popularity Contest.
Firefox ESRBrowse the World Wide Web
Nautilus (GNOME Files)Access and organize files
GNOME TerminalUse the command line- LibreOffice WriterWord processor part of the LibreOffice productivity suiteTested
LibreOffice CalcSpreadsheet program of the LibreOffice productivity suite
LibreOffice DrawGraphics editor part of the LibreOffice productivity suite
LibreOffice ImpressPresentation program of the LibreOffice productivity suite
LibreOffice MathCreate and edit scientific formulas and equations.
Evince (GNOME Document Viewer)Document viewer for popular document formats
File RollerOpen, modify and create compressed archive files- ThunarFile BrowserTested
GNOME Text EditorEdit text files
GNOME CalculatorPerform arithmetic, scientific or financial calculations
KMailA feature-rich email application
OkularView and annotate documents
KateAdvanced text editor- Xfce TerminalTerminal EmulatorTested
ThunderbirdThunderbird is a free and open source email, newsfeed, chat, and calendaring client
GNOME Videos (Totem)Play movies
Atril Document ViewerView multi-page documents
GIMPCreate images and edit photographs
Chromium Web BrowserAccess the Internet
Déjà DupProtect yourself from data loss
ImageMagickDisplay and edit image files
What the statuses mean
- Tested
- Someone ran the app in Breadstick on a real Android device and saw it work. The app's page shows the device, the Android version, the date and what was seen.
- Not tested yet
- The app is available for ARM64, in Debian 13 or from its maker, and nothing we know of stops it working, but nobody has checked it on a device for this catalog yet.
Apps that cannot work in Breadstick are left out: ones that need USB hardware, a VPN tunnel of their own, virtualization, kernel modules, raw disks, FUSE mounts, system services, raw network access or packet capture, the device's own CPU, load and network counters, System V shared memory, or a desktop session of their own. What Breadstick cannot do has the details, and About the catalog explains where everything here comes from.