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I just learned recently that termux is almost unmaintained and hasn't had a new release since 2018 (packages are still updated though). I'm hoping someone steps in soon (since I lack android Dev skills) since I can't imagine my phone without it.

This is awesome, I thought about installing a full DE in it before but got lazy.

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Termux is not updated through play store anymore. Only through github and fdroid. The one on play store is discontinued.

The last stable release was in June 2022. It's still being developed and getting ready for 119. You can get the ci builds from GitHub. There's multiple daily.

>hasn't had a new release since 2018

are you referring to something other than the releases at https://github.com/termux/termux-app/releases ?

Whoops, that's completely inaccurate. I think I had misread the last updated in F-Droid when I installed it on my new phone. That does have the v0.118.0 like the repo does. So you are totally right, thanks for the correction! I'm glad it's not as bad as I originally thought.

There's termux-monet (https://github.com/HardcodedCat/termux-monet) which is actively maintained and has quite a few UI improvements since it forked from termux.

Is there a good summary somewhere of what all changed in the fork besides Monet theming?

https://github.com/termux/termux-app/compare/master...Hardco...

That was incredibly unhelpful

I thought HN was capable enough to read a techical difference between commits, HN must be getting less technical these days.

Hmm. The latest stable version from the freedroid store dated to 2022.01.11

The version from playmarket hasn't been updated for a long time. You must use the freedroid version.

I just misread the last updated in F-Droid, so my original comment is inaccurate.

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