Terminal Emulator for Android
Access Android\u0026#39;s built-in Linux command line shell. Unleash your inner geek!
Jack Palevich · jackpal.androidterm
UpdatedDec 13, 2025
PublishedApr 5, 2017
Packagejackpal.androidterm
MD5801006944755b591cd214b1fef685237
SHA1 (signer)FA:97:44:9E:17:B7:74:64:18:8D:DF:47:9C:A3:B0:9B:B8:27:26:58
Signed byCN=Jack Palevich, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Medina, ST=WA, C=us
Architecturesx86, armeabi, mips
Malware scanTRUSTED
Contact[email protected]
Privacy policyView
What's new
v1.0.70 Allow hiding Material Design Action Bar
Improve text paste.
Fix UTF-8 support.
Improve text paste.
Fix UTF-8 support.
Description
By downloading the incredible Terminal Emulator for Android app you’ll be able to access your Android’s built-in-Linux command line shell!
Some of the top features that are available in Terminal Emulator for Android include:
- Full Linux terminal emulation.
- Multiple windows.
- Launcher short cuts.
- UTF-8 text. (Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, and more).
- And it's completely free. You wont find any ads, no in-app-purchases or nag screens.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- In case you have any trouble entering text, try installing the free "Hacker's Keyboard IME".
- This app is not a game emulator.
- This app won't help you root your phone or change your phone's IMEI.
- You need to know how to use the Linux command line to use this app.
* You may want to install a set of command line utilities like "Busy Box" or "Debian chroot" in order to add additional commands beyond the ones that come built into your Android device.
* If you get a -505 error when trying to install this app under Android 5.0, it means that some other app is using the same permissions. You will have to uninstall the other app in order to install Terminal Emulator for Android.
Download Terminal Emulator for Android now and unleash your inner geek!
Some of the top features that are available in Terminal Emulator for Android include:
- Full Linux terminal emulation.
- Multiple windows.
- Launcher short cuts.
- UTF-8 text. (Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, and more).
- And it's completely free. You wont find any ads, no in-app-purchases or nag screens.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- In case you have any trouble entering text, try installing the free "Hacker's Keyboard IME".
- This app is not a game emulator.
- This app won't help you root your phone or change your phone's IMEI.
- You need to know how to use the Linux command line to use this app.
* You may want to install a set of command line utilities like "Busy Box" or "Debian chroot" in order to add additional commands beyond the ones that come built into your Android device.
* If you get a -505 error when trying to install this app under Android 5.0, it means that some other app is using the same permissions. You will have to uninstall the other app in order to install Terminal Emulator for Android.
Download Terminal Emulator for Android now and unleash your inner geek!
Permissions (5)
Terminal Emulator for Android requests the following Android permissions:
- Access Superuser android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER
- Internet android.permission.INTERNET
- Read External Storage android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- Wake Lock android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Write External Storage android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
