Awesome Termux

Introduction

Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app that works directly with no rooting or setup required. A minimal base system is installed automatically - additional packages are available using the APT package manager.

Termux wiki
Github
Gitter
Facebook Page
Facebook Group
Twitter
IRC Channel #Termux on freenode

How termux is different from Linux

Termux:Addons

Termux has some extra features. You can add them by installing addons:

Termux:API Access Android and Chrome hardware and ABI/API features.

Termux:Boot Run scripts when your device boots.

Termux:Float Run Termux in a floating window.

Termux:Styling Have color schemes and powerline-ready fonts customize the appearance of the Termux terminal.

Termux:Task An easy way to call Termux executables from Tasker and compatible apps.

Termux:Widget Start small scriptlets from the home screen.

Shells in Termux Official Repository

Zsh
Bash
Fish
Nushell
Beanshell
Xonsh
IPython
TCSH
Read Wiki to learn more

Customizing Termux

Enable Dark UI Mode in Termux Add this line to your ~/.termux/termux.properties

use-black-ui=true

Disable Vibration/haptic feedback Add this line to your ~/.termux/termux.properties

bell-character=ignore

Oh-my-termux

Text Editors and IDEs in Termux Official Repository

emacs : Extensible, customizable text editor-and more
joe : Wordstar like text editor
jupp : user friendly full screen text editor
micro : Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive (notepad like keybindings crtl+c crtl+v etc.)
nano : nano is a small and friendly editor.
ne : Easy-to-use and powerful text editor
sed : GNU stream text editor (More useful in bash scripting)
vim : Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
neovim : Neovim is an extension of Vim: feature-parity and backwards compatibility are high priorities.
zile : Lightweight clone of the Emacs text editor
codiad :

Read wiki of Text Editors or IDEs to learn more

Package Management

Termux uses apt and dpkg for package management, similar to Ubuntu or Debian. Many quirks from Ubuntu are carried over here.

Install package(s):

pkg i <package name>

Update and upgrade packages:

pkg up <package name>

Remove/Uninstall Package(s):

pkg un <package name>

List files 'owned' by package:

pkg f <package name>

Reinstall a Package(s):

pkg re <package name>

Show some info about package(s):

pkg sh <package name>

Search package(s):

pkg se <package name> or <regex>

List all packages:

pkg list-a

List all installed packages:

pkg list-i

A quick warning for root users: if you prefer to use apt over pkg - never run it as root as you will mess up file permissions and SELinux contexts so you won't be able to use it as normal user. If you did this and your environment was broken, do not ask for help - this is your own fault !
Read wiki to learn more

Servers & Daemons

Termux is capable of accessing remote devices by using some common tools. It is also possible to turn a device running Termux into remote controlled server.

FTP Server (requires busybox):

busybox tcpsvd -vE 0.0.0.0 2121 busybox ftpd -w path/to/serve

Warning: -w allows upload and don't use port below 1024 or else you may get permission denied error.

SSH server: Check this if you are using sshd
HTTP Server:

busybox httpd -p 0.0.0.0:8080

HTTP Proxy Server

tinyproxy -d

Tinyproxy

MySQL/MariaDB Server Read wiki page here or Read the blog post here
Music Player Daemon aka mpd Read the wiki page here Or Watch the Video Here
Bypass NAT Read the wiki page here

Read wiki to learn more it includes setting up ftpd, sshd, port forwarding, tor

Termux Services

To install termux services, run

pkg i termux-services

To then enable and run a service, run

sv-enable <service>

If you only want to run it once, run

sv up <service>

To later stop a service, run:

sv down <service>

Or to disable it

sv-disable <service>

Read wiki to learn more

Some IRC Clients

ERC is an IRC client for Emacs.
irssi is an IRC client.
weechat is an IRC chat client.

Proot (Run Linux Distributions inside Termux)

Opens possibility to install way more packages, by default very hard or impossible to install on termux.

Arch (Thanks to sdrausty)
Archstrike (just modifies the pacman.conf file)
Blackarch (just modifies the pacman.conf file)
Debian (Thanks to sp4rkie)
Fedora (Thanks to nmilosev)
Slackware (Thanks to gwenhael)
Ubuntu (Thanks to neo-oli)
Alpine Linux (Thanks to Hax4us)

Read wiki to learn more

Termux Related Stuff That might be useful

Termux-Launcher
Termux-WebUI
Termux-ADB
Atilo (Automated Linux installer for termux)
Lazymux (Automated pentesting tools installer for termux)
Graphical Environment(x-11) for termux
Termux Machine Learning
phpmyadmin Read the blog post here
Android as VPS using termux Read Here
Termux Dotfiles worth checking out Click ME!

Keyboard Shortcuts

The following shortcuts are available when using Termux with a hardware (e.g. bluetooth) keyboard and also with hacker's keyboard on most devices:

Ctrl + Alt + C → Create new session
Ctrl + Alt + R → Rename current session
Ctrl + Alt + ↓ or N → Next session
Ctrl + Alt + ↑ or P → Previous session
Ctrl + Alt + → → Open drawer
Ctrl + Alt + ← → Close drawer
Ctrl + Alt + F → Toggle full screen
Ctrl + Alt + M → Show menu
Ctrl + Alt + U → Select URL
Ctrl + Alt + V → Paste
Ctrl + Alt + + or - → Adjust text size
Ctrl + Alt + 1-9 → Go to numbered session
Source Termux-Wiki

Some aliases that i use:

alias a='startarch' # For starting termux arch
alias cls='clear'
alias e='logout'
alias gcl='git clone'
alias h='htop'
alias j='jobs'
alias nano='nano -m' # Enable Touch/Mouse Support in nano
alias p='pwd'
alias q='exit'
alias rf='rm -rf'
alias weather='curl wttr.in/delhi-india' # change the place to yours
alias pst=termux-clipboard-get # paste
alias cpy=termux-clipboard-set # copy
alias open=termux-open # open with external app

Root users(*use at your own risk)

Fix equalizer not working sudo pkill audiofx
Fix other audio related issues sudo pkill audioserver
Kill a unresponsive app sudo pkill app_name
Show all saved wifi passwords xml sel -t -v "/WifiConfigStoreData/NetworkList/Network/WifiConfiguration//string/text()" /data/misc/wifi/WifiConfigStore.xml

Make sure you have xmlstarlet installed if not pkg i xmlstarlet, Works only on Android oreo maybe?Anyway Try it out!

List all open ports of your device sudo netstat -tulpn

Even works without root/sudo on some devices

Get all battery & usage related stats sudo dumpsys batterystats
Get the list of all running processes of android sudo ps aux
Enable write acess to external sdcard
First install magisk module named ExSDCard Access Enabler
Than Restart your device & paste this in termux

ln -sf /mnt/media_rw/SDCARDNUMBER ext1sdcard

SDCARDNUMBER will be something like this 8982-18F9 ext1sdcard is now your sdcard with read & write permissions.

FAQ

Read The FAQs here

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