Description

/e/OS is a “deGoogled” Android built by the e Foundation and sold preinstalled on Murena phones. Underneath it is Android and LineageOS, with Google’s apps and services removed and the pieces that quietly phone home — connectivity checks, DNS, time servers, geolocation lookups — replaced with open alternatives. On top sits Advanced Privacy, a control panel that shows what each app is trying to track and lets you block it, and the Murena Workspace account that replaces Google’s mail, drive and calendar.

Key Features

• Advanced Privacy — a per-app view of trackers, with switches to block them, hide your real IP address or feed apps a fake location.
• microG instead of Play Services — enough compatibility for most apps without Google’s framework running with system privileges; App Lounge installs both Play Store and F-Droid applications.
• Murena Workspace — an @murena.io account with 1 GB of free storage, mail, calendar, contacts and an end-to-end encrypted Vault, with self-hosting offered for people who want to run it themselves.
• Privacy-respecting defaults — Murena Find as the search engine, BeaconDB for network location, no Google DNS, NTP or connectivity checks, and an ad blocker in the browser.
• Rated privacy for apps — each installed app gets a privacy rating based on the trackers found inside it, so you can see what an app does before trusting it.
• Parental control — age-appropriate web filtering, blocked app installs, screen-time limits and Find my device for a child’s phone.
• Easy Installer — a WebUSB-based installer that flashes a supported phone from the browser in a few clicks.
• Wide hardware coverage — around 288 device models are listed with either official or community builds, and Murena sells phones with /e/OS preinstalled.

Why Use /e/OS?

Most de-Googling projects leave you to rebuild the rest of your digital life yourself. /e/OS replaces the whole set: the OS, the app store, search, mail, calendar and cloud storage, all from one provider with the same privacy stance. That makes it the realistic option for someone who wants out of Google without becoming a systems administrator.

Use Cases

• Leaving Google’s ecosystem without losing mail, calendar, contacts or cloud storage
• A privacy-focused phone for a non-technical family member, with parental controls available
• Buying a device with a de-Googled OS already installed rather than flashing one
• Seeing and blocking which trackers each app on your phone is using
• Self-hosting the cloud side later, on the same account

Supported devices

Android phones and tablets — around 288 models are listed, mixing official builds with community-maintained ports, spanning Google Pixel, Fairphone, Samsung, Sony, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Asus, Motorola and others. Devices sold by Murena ship with /e/OS preinstalled.

Related

Compare with GrapheneOS, CalyxOS and LineageOS.

Licence

GPL-3.0 for the e Foundation’s own projects, on an Android and LineageOS base that carries its own Apache-2.0 and other licences.